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PRHGS Photo Album |
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| Daily Life | Cemetery | View of San Juan Cemetery |
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1918 Bohio |
A "Bohio" Somewhere near Isabela, PR Circa 1918 |
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Fiembreras |
Before Macdonald's an Kentucky Fried Chicken and the other fast food chains invaded Puerto Rico, workers in the towns and countryside depended on itinerant food vendors for their lunch time meals which were delivered piping hot in "fiambreras"-- a nest of pots. |
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Yauco High School |
Early photo of the school |
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Antonio López |
The Antonio López was one of several ships owned by the Compañia Trasatlántica Española that brought immigrants from Spain to Puerto Rico and Cuba in the mid 19th century. |
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Marine Tiger |
Passenger ship which brought many early Puerto Rican immigrants to the USA. |
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SS Coamo |
Postcard image of the S.S. Coamo of the New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co. It was one of several ships brought Puerto Ricans to New York From the early 1900s to the early 1940s. |
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San Juan |
1927 Postcard of San Juan, Puerto Rico |
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Canary Island |
This Postcard was published (circa 1895) in the Canary Islands from which many of our ancestors emigrated from to Puerto Rico. It depicts the harbor of the island of Gran Canaria and several motorized sailing ships that transported people and cargo to Spain's island possessions in the Caribbean. | |
| 1900 Postcard |
Santa Cruz |
"Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, circa 1900/" |
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Marie Caballero |
Photographs of paternal grandparents |
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Emilio Medina Cruz | Picture of great aunt Canuta 1920's |
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Eric Hunt |
Simon Benitez Melendez and Epifania Huertas Velez from Vieques Puerto Rico |
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Acosta |
Photograph of Juan F. Acosta de Arce |
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Feliciano |
Photograph of Liborio Feliciano on his Coffee farm in Lares |
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Torres-Fox |
Photograph of Karen Torres-Fox Family 1947 |
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Vidot |
Photograph of Bonifacia Vidot Soto |
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Colon |
Photograph of Carmen Maria Colon |
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Diack |
Photograph of George A. Diack, born 20 Nov 1861 in Matanzas, Cuba; 1889, Havana, Cuba (honeymoon). |
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Torres Alicea |
Family photo of Don Jose Dolores Torres Alicea |
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Travecier |
Doña Maria Luisa Travecier and her mother Doña Damasa Ramos. |
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Ramón Giusti |
Capitán Rafael de Sevilla y León (1815-1856) Ancestor of Ramón Giusti |
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F. Joseph Ginorio |
Dona Maria Catalina de Urrutia y Montoya and Don Juan Daban y Busterino, Governor of Puerto Rico 1783-89 5th great-grandparents of PRHGS member F. Joseph Ginorio |
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El Gallito Sword |
"Delgado Family Heirloom" Rafael Delgado Simonet |
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Caraballo |
Photograph of Serafin Caraballo from Yauco, and his wife Ana lisa Igartua Caraballo, from Aguadilla PR. In 1950, just after their USA migration. |
| Family Photograph | Taken in Hatillo
where the family had a country house in 1924. The two persons are my uncle
Pepe Rodriguez Amador and my grandfather, Rafael Rodriguez Barril.
This photo was sent in response to a PRHGS article about license plates in Puerto Rico |
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1932 Stock Certificate |
1932 Stock certificate of the Porto Rico Telephone Company |
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1872 Slave Certificate |
1872 Slave Ownership Certificate |
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Slave Bond |
This is a "slave bond" used by Government of PR to indemnify slave holders when manumission was declared in PR |
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Policeman - Yauco, PR |
Early photo of a Yauco policeman |
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Enumeradores of 1899 |
Photos of Census Takers of 1899 |
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Volunteer Battalion |
A member of the Batallón de Voluntarios de Puerto Rico - Circa 1898 |
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1918 Guardias de la Patria |
The
Guardias de la Pátria were local militia units organized
in the various towns in Puerto Rico during World War I to defend
the Island while the Regular Army's Provisional
Puerto Rican Infantry Regiment was posted to Panama to protect the Canal against German saboteurs. |
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Battle Flag |
The Battle Flag of the 1st Provisional Batallion of Puerto Rico |
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Sgt. Agapito |
Puerto Rico Regiment of Infantry, U.S. Army, Circa 1917 |
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