Boys filling buckets of water at Columbus fountain in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Columbus fountain was the place where the great discoverer, Christopher Columbus, first quenched his thirst after arriving in Puerto Rico.




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An apothecary store in Lares, Puerto Rico. January, 1942

A pharmacists awaits customers in an apothecary store in Lares, Puerto Rico.

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19 Pictures of San Juan’s Mud Slum, “El Fanguito”

Welcome to San Juan in the 1940’s! In the forefront you see beautiful trees, nice cars, paved…

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A “majordomo” (foreman) on a sugar plantation. Manati, P.R.

A “majordomo” (foreman) on a sugar plantation in Manati, Puerto Rico.

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33 historic photographs of San Juan, Puerto Rico in the 1940’s

33 photographs of life in San Juan, Puerto Rico from the 1940’s

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Puerto Rican Mailman Delivering Mail by Horseback, 1880

Puerto Rican mail carrier on horseback waits to pick up mail at a post office.

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Children in Utuado, Puerto Rico, 1942

Utuado, Puerto Rico. Children in the slum area. January, 1942 by Jack Delano.

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