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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Beautiful Pictures of Bayamon, P.R.

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

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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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El Morro’s Castle wall after being struck by a 13-inch shell in 1899

El Morro’s castle wall after being struck by a 13-inch shell during the bombardment of San Juan

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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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A boy stands in a hurricane shelter in Utuado, Puerto Rico

Utuado, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Hurricane shelter near the house of a farm laborer.

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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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