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

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

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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

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

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

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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.

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Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. Sugar workers at a strike meeting

Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. At a strike meeting. January 1942.

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