Beautifully restored map of Puerto Rico from 1886
Mapa Topografico De La Isla De Puerto Rico
Category: Puerto Rico
Beautiful Pictures of Bayamon, P.R.
In December 1941, photographer Jack Delano visited Bayamon and took these pictures
5 Beautiful Old Pictures of Corozal, Puerto Rico
“Corozaleños” will definitely recognize the beautiful hills and scenery in these pictures.
19 Pictures of San Juan’s Mud Slum, “El Fanguito”
Welcome to San Juan in the 1940’s! In the forefront you see beautiful trees, nice cars, paved…
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.
A disabled man walks around the huge slum known as “El Fangitto”
A disabled man walking around El Fangitto, “The Mud”, on crutches.
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”.
An apothecary store in Lares, Puerto Rico. January, 1942
A pharmacists awaits customers in an apothecary store in Lares, Puerto Rico.
A boy stands in a hurricane shelter in Utuado, Puerto Rico
Utuado, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Hurricane shelter near the house of a farm laborer.
A family in the doorway of their home in Santurce, Puerto Rico
A family in the house they will soon be forced to abandon in Santurce, PR.
Woman in front of her house in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Woman in front of her home in Santurce that she was being forced to abandon.
Children in Utuado, Puerto Rico, 1942
Utuado, Puerto Rico. Children in the slum area. January, 1942 by Jack Delano.
Woman working on a pineapple plantation in Manati, Puerto Rico
Woman working on a pineapple plantation in Manati, Puerto Rico.
A “majordomo” (foreman) on a sugar plantation. Manati, P.R.
A “majordomo” (foreman) on a sugar plantation in Manati, Puerto Rico.
Girl stringing tobacco in a tobacco barn. Barranquitas, P.R.
Stringing tobacco in a tobacco barn. Barranquitas (vicinity), Puerto Rico.
Band playing in the “Escambron,” a San Juan nightclub
An orchestra, or band playing in the “Escambron,” a nightclub in San Juan.
A woman makes dresses in a needlework factory in San Juan
This picture shows a woman working in a needlework factory near San Juan, PR.
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.
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.
Women sewing gloves in the fishing village of Puerto Real
In the fishing village of Puerto Real, many women take needlework to do at home.
Boys eating sugarcane in a small fishing village of Puerto Real
Boys eating sugarcane in the small fishing village of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico.
Children sitting on the boardwalks of “El Fangitto”
Children sitting on one of the boardwalks which are as sidewalks in the slum area.
A sugar workers lunch consisted of rice, beans and papaya
In Guanica, Puerto Rico this was the standard lunch of a plantation worker.
Farm laborer working in a sugar field near Guanica, Puerto Rico
Farm laborer working in a sugar field near Guanica, Puerto Rico in January 1942.
Street vendor selling pork on a street in Santurce, Puerto Rico
Street vendor selling pork products on a street in Santurce, Puerto Rico. 1942.
In the Everglades needlework factory. San Juan, Puerto Rico
Seamstress working in the Everglades needlework factory, San Juan.
Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. Sugar workers at a strike meeting
Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. Sugar workers at a strike meeting. Click here to see more historic...
Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. Sugar workers at a strike meeting
Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. At a strike meeting. January 1942.
Children in the slum area of San Juan, known as El Fangitto
San Juan, Puerto Rico. Children in the slum area known as El Fangitto.
Christopher Columbus Fountain in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
The fountain where Columbus first quenched his thirst in Puerto Rico.
Three native Puerto Rican women in front of their hut houses
The original title of this photograph was “Dusky Belles in Porto Rico.”
Fisherman selling his catch in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, 1900
This picture shows a Puerto Rican fisherman carrying long strings of fish.
Unloading goods at the Port of Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1900
This picture shows the port of Ponce, Puerto Rico as it looked in 1900. Click here to see...
The first Puerto Rican troops to join the American Army in 1899
The first company of native Puerto Ricans enlisted in the American Colonial Army.
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
Puerto Rican Women Panning for Gold in a Stream, 1890
Panning for gold was a popular form of employment for Puerto Rican women. Click here to see...
An Upper Class Home in the Suburbs of Puerto Rico, 1890
An upper class Puerto Rican home with palm trees in the front yard.
Puerto Rican Mailman Delivering Mail by Horseback, 1880
Puerto Rican mail carrier on horseback waits to pick up mail at a post office.
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
