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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Farm laborer working in a sugar field near Guanica, Puerto Rico

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Puerto Rican Mailman Delivering Mail by Horseback, 1880

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Women sewing gloves in the fishing village of Puerto Real

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

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Mapa Topografico De La Isla De Puerto Rico

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