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!

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.

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

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

Children sitting on the boardwalks of “El Fangitto”

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

San Juan, Puerto Rico. In the huge slum known as “El Fangitto”

A woman stands with her child and dog on one of the boardwalks of “El Fangitto”.

Puerto Rican Mailman Delivering Mail by Horseback, 1880

Puerto Rican mail carrier on horseback waits to pick up mail at a post office.

Street vendor selling pork on a street in Santurce, Puerto Rico

Street vendor selling pork products on a street in Santurce, Puerto Rico. 1942.