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.




More Pictures of Puerto Rico!

Woman in front of her house in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Woman in front of her home in Santurce that she was being forced to abandon.

Children sitting on the boardwalks of “El Fangitto”

Children sitting on one of the boardwalks which are as sidewalks in the slum area.

Beautiful Pictures of Bayamon, P.R.

In December 1941, photographer Jack Delano visited Bayamon and took these pictures

Children in Utuado, Puerto Rico, 1942

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

Children near their home in the slum area known as “El Fangitto”

Houses in the slum area known as “El Fangitto” (The Mud) in San Juan, P.R.

Fisherman selling his catch in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, 1900

This picture shows a Puerto Rican fisherman carrying long strings of fish.