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!

Girl stringing tobacco in a tobacco barn. Barranquitas, P.R.

Stringing tobacco in a tobacco barn. Barranquitas (vicinity), Puerto Rico.

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.

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

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

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.

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.