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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Fisherman selling his catch in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, 1900

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

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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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Woman working on a pineapple plantation in Manati, Puerto Rico

Woman working on a pineapple plantation in Manati, 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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Children sitting on the boardwalks of “El Fangitto”

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

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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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