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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A street in the slum area of the hill town of Lares, Puerto Rico

A street scene in the slum area of the hill town of Lares, Puerto Rico. January, 1942.

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Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. Sugar workers at a strike meeting

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Band playing in the “Escambron,” a San Juan nightclub

An orchestra, or band playing in the “Escambron,” a nightclub in San Juan.

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Unloading goods at the Port of Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1900

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Burning a sugar cane field in Guanica, Puerto Rico. 1942

This is a process that destroys the leaves and makes sugar cane easier to harvest.

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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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