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Every episode of our YouTube channel is researched, fact-checked, and cited. This page lists the sources and the full archival image credits for each episode. All narration is original; archival images are Public Domain or Creative Commons and are also credited on screen.

Episode 1 — Why Isn’t Puerto Rico a State?

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Archival image credits

  • “Borinqueneers, only all-Hispanic unit in U. S. Army history” — U.S. Army photo · Public domain · source
  • “The dome of the United States Capitol building” — peakfocus.agency · CC BY 4.0 · source
  • “United States Passport Book” — Tony Webster · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
  • “Puerto Rico From Above (ISS071-E-1036, astronaut photo by Michael Barratt)” — NASA / ISS Crew Earth Observations (astronaut Michael Barratt) · Public domain · source
  • “Photograph of the wreckage of the USS Maine, Havana Harbor, 1898 (used by the 1898 Court of Inquiry; NARA 301647)” — Unknown (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration) · Public domain · source
  • “Puerto Rico's First Autonomous Cabinet, 1898 (Luis Muñoz Rivera seated at far left) — no >=900px solo portrait exists on Commons/LOC; crop in on him for a portrait framing” — Unknown (published in La Ilustración Española y Americana, May 30, 1898) · Public domain · source
  • “Portrait of Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1899)” — Debas, Madrid · Public domain · source
  • “A Principal Business Street in San Juan, Porto Rico (1898 photograph)” — Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick · Public domain · source
  • “Charles Herbert Allen, Republican Congressman from Massachusetts, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front LCCN2008677762.jpg” — Chickering, Elmer, copyright claimant · Public domain · source
  • “Profile portrait of General Nelson A. Miles (f4d5bff4-3eed-4ee0-9f35-8bafa4d5d3bf).jpg” — NPS photo · Public domain · source
  • “John Hay signs Treaty of Paris, 1899.JPG” — Frances Benjamin Johnston · Public domain · source
  • “Puerto Rican soldiers of the 375th Regt. Inf. passing before the grand stand in the Liberty Day demonstration in Puerto Rico, Oct. 1918 (NARA 23922505)” — Unknown author or not provided (U.S. National Archives record) · Public domain · source
  • “West Front - U.S. Supreme Court, Washington, D.C. (Historic American Buildings Survey, HABS DC,WASH,535-1; converted to JPEG from the full-resolution TIFF original)” — Historic American Buildings Survey (related name: Cass Gilbert) · Public domain · source
  • “Supreme Court of the United States - Taft Court - c.1921 (Library of Congress, LCCN2016857871)” — Harris & Ewing · Public domain · source
  • “Woodrow Wilson (National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress, LCCN2016826120)” — National Photo Company Collection · Public domain · source
  • “Puerto Rico celebrates new constitution.jpg” — Unknown author · Public domain · source
  • “Pedro Albizu Campos arrested.jpg” — Associated Press · Public domain · source
  • “Luis Muñoz Marín.jpg” — Estrella Díaz · Public domain · source
  • “Rexford Tugwell, 1935.jpg” — Los Angeles Times · CC BY 4.0 · source
  • “Blanton Winship.jpg” — Harris & Ewing Collection (Library of Congress) · Public domain · source
  • “Voting booths inside Combined Polling Place Zion Lutheran Church in Grand Rapids, Minnesota on Election Day” — Lorie Shaull from St Paul, United States · CC BY 2.0 · source
  • “US Capitol west side at dusk” — Martin Falbisoner · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
  • “Damaged homes (aerial view of a Puerto Rico neighborhood heavily damaged by Hurricane Maria)” — Sgt. Jose Ahiram Diaz-Ramos, Puerto Rico National Guard (via Air Force Magazine) · Public domain · source
  • “Hurricane Maria Makes Landfall in Puerto Rico (CIRA 2017-09-20)” — GOES imagery: CSU/CIRA & NOAA · Public domain · source
  • “El Morro at sunset.jpg” — Ktorrespr · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
  • “2024 Puerto Rican Day Parade, 5th Av between 77th and 78th St, 2024-06-09, Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York.jpg” — Deans Charbal · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
  • “Rainforest Canopy El Yunque National Forest.jpg” — EgorovaSvetlana · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
  • “Beach at Culebra Island, Puerto Rico.jpg” — Hmalaret · CC BY-SA 2.5 · source
  • “Castillo San Felipe del Morro aerial, May 2024 - 01.jpg” — Nils Huenerfuerst · CC BY 4.0 · source

Episode 2 — July 25, 1898 — The Nineteen Days

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Archival image credits

  • “Bombardment of San Juan, Porto (sic) Rico LCCN2001695573.jpg” — Popular Graphic Arts · Public domain · source
  • “(View of Morro Castle from across harbor, San Juan, Puerto Rico).jpg” — Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain · source
  • “Puerto Rico's First Autonomous Cabinet, 1898 (Luis Muñoz Rivera seated at far left) — no >=900px solo portrait exists on Commons/LOC; crop in on him for a portrait framing” — Unknown (published in La Ilustración Española y Americana, May 30, 1898) · Public domain · source
  • “Gloucester formerly J. P. Morgan's Corsair. Converted yacht. Port stern quarter, 05-24-1898 - NARA - 512926.jpg” — Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided · Public domain · source
  • “Mapa 'Contornos de Ponce (Puerto Rico)' por Francisco Coello (1822-1898) (DP26).jpg” — Francisco Coello (1822-1898) · Public domain · source
  • “The Fourteenth Ohio national guard-the Fourth Ohio volunteer infantry (1899) (14582021128).jpg” — Internet Archive Book Images · Public domain · source
  • “Military Map, Island of Puerto Rico WDL11326.png” — Morey, W., Junior · Public domain · source
  • “Spanish-American War soldiers, 1898-10 - DPLA - 28717c9048728797803235d96dab8845 (page 1).jpg” — Unknown author · Public domain · source
  • “Ramón Betances, c.1860s.jpg” — Félix Ojeda · Public domain · source
  • “John Hay signs Treaty of Paris, 1899.JPG” — Frances Benjamin Johnston · Public domain · source

Episode 3 — The Sea Vanished — 11 October 1918

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Archival image credits

  • “Consistorio (town hall), Aguadilla” — UPR Mayagüez Dept. of Geology / Puerto Rico Seismic Network, via NOAA/NCEI · Public domain (1918) · source
  • “School held in tents after the disaster, Aguadilla” — UPR Mayagüez Dept. of Geology / Puerto Rico Seismic Network, via NOAA/NCEI · Public domain (1918) · source
  • “Crowd around the fallen church bells, Añasco” — UPR Mayagüez Dept. of Geology / Puerto Rico Seismic Network, via NOAA/NCEI · Public domain (1918) · source
  • “Calle Comercio, Añasco — street buried in rubble” — UPR Mayagüez Dept. of Geology / Puerto Rico Seismic Network, via NOAA/NCEI · Public domain (1918) · source
  • “Ruins of the town hall, Añasco” — UPR Mayagüez Dept. of Geology / Puerto Rico Seismic Network, via NOAA/NCEI · Public domain (1918) · source
  • “Calle Liceo, Mayagüez — collapsed masonry” — UPR Mayagüez Dept. of Geology / Puerto Rico Seismic Network, via NOAA/NCEI · Public domain (1918) · source
  • “Degetau Building, College of Agriculture, Mayagüez — burned out after the quake” — UPR Mayagüez Dept. of Geology / Puerto Rico Seismic Network, via NOAA/NCEI · Public domain (1918) · source
  • “A house adrift on open water after the wave, Mayagüez” — UPR Mayagüez Dept. of Geology / Puerto Rico Seismic Network, via NOAA/NCEI · Public domain (1918) · source
  • ““Casa arrastrada por las olas” — house left standing in the water, Mayagüez” — UPR Mayagüez Dept. of Geology / Puerto Rico Seismic Network, via NOAA/NCEI · Public domain (1918) · source
  • “Church at Isabela, destroyed” — UPR Mayagüez Dept. of Geology / Puerto Rico Seismic Network, via NOAA/NCEI · Public domain (1918) · source
  • ““El terremoto de esta mañana” — El Águila de Puerto Rico, 11 October 1918” — UPR Mayagüez Dept. of Geology / Puerto Rico Seismic Network, via NOAA/NCEI · Public domain (1918) · source
  • “The Sisters' school, Mayagüez, destroyed” — UPR Mayagüez Dept. of Geology / Puerto Rico Seismic Network, via NOAA/NCEI · Public domain (1918) · source
  • “Point Borinquen tower — timber shoring and banding over the blown-out brickwork” — Thomas Sampson, U.S. Bureau of Lighthouses, 9th District (NARA RG 26) · Public domain (US government work, 1918) · source
  • “Point Borinquen lightstation — the tower shored up with timber after the earthquake, photographed 2 November 1918” — Thomas Sampson, U.S. Bureau of Lighthouses, 9th District (NARA RG 26) · Public domain (US government work, 1918) · source
  • “Consistorio de Mayagüez — fallen masonry cornice (Fig. 4a)” — Reid & Taber, US Earthquake Investigation Commission (Library of Congress scan) · Public domain (US government work, 1919) · source
  • ““House floated off by wave at Mayagüez” (Fig. 6b)” — Reid & Taber, US Earthquake Investigation Commission (Library of Congress scan) · Public domain (US government work, 1919) · source
  • “Church at Isabela, days after the shock (Fig. 1)” — Reid & Taber, US Earthquake Investigation Commission · Public domain (US government work, 1919) · source
  • “Church interior, Mayagüez — collapsed roof (Fig. 3)” — Reid & Taber, US Earthquake Investigation Commission · Public domain (US government work, 1919) · source
  • “Escuela Presbiteriana, Mayagüez — cornice damage (Fig. 4b)” — Reid & Taber, US Earthquake Investigation Commission · Public domain (US government work, 1919) · source
  • “Playa de Mayagüez — timber houses smashed by the wave (Fig. 6a)” — Reid & Taber, US Earthquake Investigation Commission (Library of Congress scan) · Public domain (US government work, 1919) · source
  • “College of Agriculture, Mayagüez — gutted by fire after the quake” — Cifuentes Fotógrafo, Mayagüez (real-photo postcard), Colección Puertorriqueña, UPR · Public domain (published in US territory, 1918) · source
  • “The Barcelona Bridge dropped into the river, Mayagüez” — Cifuentes Fotógrafo, Mayagüez (real-photo postcard), Colección Puertorriqueña, UPR · Public domain (published in US territory, 1918) · source
  • “La Habanera cigar factory, Mayagüez — collapsed, with workers outside” — Cifuentes Fotógrafo, Mayagüez (real-photo postcard), Colección Puertorriqueña, UPR · Public domain (published in US territory, 1918) · source
  • “La Mallorquina, Mayagüez — building torn open beside the church dome” — Cifuentes Fotógrafo, Mayagüez (real-photo postcard), Colección Puertorriqueña, UPR · Public domain (published in US territory, 1918) · source
  • “Post Office and American Colonial Bank, Mayagüez — upper floor sheared off” — Cifuentes Fotógrafo, Mayagüez (real-photo postcard), Colección Puertorriqueña, UPR · Public domain (published in US territory, 1918) · source
  • “Escuela de las “Sisters,” Calle Rosa, Mayagüez” — Cifuentes Fotógrafo, Mayagüez (real-photo postcard), Colección Puertorriqueña, UPR · Public domain (published in US territory, 1918) · source
  • “A Mayagüez block flattened to rubble, two men walking through it” — Cifuentes Fotógrafo, Mayagüez (real-photo postcard), Colección Puertorriqueña, UPR · Public domain (published in US territory, 1918) · source
  • “Mayagüez cathedral, bell knocked loose in the tower” — Arturo Cifuentes (postcard) · Public domain (US, published 1918) · source
  • “Mayagüez cathedral with its towers gone (later stage — after the 24 October aftershock)” — Thomas E. Phipps (postcard) · Public domain (US, published 1918) · source
  • “Correo y Casino, Mayagüez — gutted block after the earthquake” — Colección de Fotos del Periódico El Mundo, UPR Río Piedras · Public domain (US, published 1918) · source
  • “Hospital Municipal, Mayagüez — collapsed roof” — UPR · Public domain (US, published 1918) · source
  • “Damaged buildings and onlookers, Mayagüez” — Arturo Cifuentes (postcard) · Public domain (US, published 1918) · source

Episode 4 — La Operación — one in three

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Archival image credits

  • “Baby asleep in hammock. The hammock saves space in a shack already overcrowded. Puerta de Tierra, San Juan, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Black milk. This baby is getting a mixture of coffee, sugar and water instead of milk, which is too expensive. San Juan, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Farm boy along the road near Corozal, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Boy carrying sign advertising a movie program. San Juan, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “San Sebastian, Puerto Rico. Boy who was playing in the street” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Guanica, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Sugar worker who has been cutting cane in a burned out field” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Insular capitol. San Juan, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “San Sebastian, Puerto Rico. The church” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Barranquitas, Puerto Rico. Plaza and church” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “San Sebastian, Puerto Rico. On the plaza in front of the church” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Yauco, Puerto Rico. In a small cigar factory. These cigars are made for local consumption and sell for about two cents” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Rural arts exhibition held under the auspices of the Farm Security Administration (FSA) in the patio of the U.S. Department of Agriculture building. M” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “[Untitled]” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Coffee pickers near Corozal, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Coffee being dried in the hills. Coffee was original crop of Puerto Rico, is grown less and less. Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Lajas, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Coffee laborers' company houses” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Corozal, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Mrs. Ecequiel Irene cooking "pastellas" during the tenant purchase celebration at her home” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Bayamon, Puerto Rico (vicinity). A pineapple canning factory” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Bayamon (vicinity), Puerto Rico. A pineapple canning factory” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “San Juan, Puerto Rico. In a dress factory” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “San Juan, Puerto Rico. In a needlework factory” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “In the Everglades needlework factory, San Juan, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Caguas, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Farmer's family” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Utuado, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Farm laborer's family” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Family living in the slum area, Yauco, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Caguas, Puerto Rico (vicinity). A borrower and his family” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Yauco, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Hill farms” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Yabucoa, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Farm laborer” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Barranquitas, Puerto Rico. Tobacco farm laborer” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Comerio (vicinity), Puerto Rico. Farm landscape” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Manati, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Sugar fields” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Guanica, Puerto Rico (vicinity). A field of tobacco” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Corozal (vicinity), Puerto Rico. Plowing sugar cane field” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Girl carrying water in gasoline can. Ponce, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Little girl bathing on a street in a slum area in Yauco, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Girl carrying water; the gasoline can is one of the most valued utensils, especially in the hills. Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Children's day at a P.R.R.A. (Puerto Rico Resettlement Administration) health center. San Juan, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Anti-malarial injection in a P.R.R.A. (Puerto Rico Resettlement Administration) health center. San Juan, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Class in maternal welfare. In a P.R.R.A. (Puerto Rico Resettlement Administration) health center. San Juan, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Distribution of free medicine outside a P.R.R.A. (Puerto Rico Resettlement Administration) health center. San Juan, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Eroded tobacco slope with Jibaro house. Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Houses in slum area in Orocovis, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “House in slum area in Orocovis, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Lajas, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Coffee laborer's company house” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Manati, Puerto Rico. Federal housing project” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Federal housing project in Ponce, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Yauco, Puerto Rico. Federal housing project on the outskirts of the town. About an acre of land for gardens is provided with each house” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Jibaro hurricane shelter. The rags are freshly-washed laundry drying. Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Utuado, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Hurricane shelter near the house of a farm laborer” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Workers in a tobacco field. The straw shed in the background is a hurricane shelter. Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Typical kitchen of Jibaro house. Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Caguas, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Kitchen of farmer's home” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Washing laundry in river in the hill country. Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Postcards for sale near the market. San Juan, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. Produce for sale at the market” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Produce for sale at the market. Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Maunabo, Puerto Rico. Religious procession” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Audience at a "rosario," a semi-religious ceremony used for "cures" among the Hibaros. Near Cidra, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Ensenada, Puerto Rico. Inside the South Puerto Rico Sugar Company mill” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Ensenada, Puerto Rico. Sugar mill or "central" of the South Puerto Rico Sugar Company” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Ensenada, Puerto Rico. In the sugar mill of the South Puerto Rico sugar company” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “In the needlework cooperative. San Juan, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “The home of the P.R.R.A (Puerto Rico Resettlement Administration) needlework cooperative. San Juan, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Members of P.R.R.A. (Puerto Rico Resettlement Administration) needlework cooperative at work. San Juan, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “A member of the P.R.R.A. (Puerto Rico Resettlement Project) needlework cooperative holding up a sample of work. San Juan, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “East 143rd Street Station 013.jpg” — Kidfly182 · CC BY 4.0 · source
  • “Bottle for Enovid 10 mg Oral Contraceptive - DPLA - 0cc9d42b69b6fd3d586205f5831cade0.jpg” — G.D. Searle & Co · CC BY 4.0 · source
  • “Building of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare 1a35456v.jpg” — Unknown author · Public domain · source
  • “South Bronx residents at Lincoln Hospital during Young Lords Takeover.jpg” — Sheldon Ramsdell · Public domain · source
  • “Dr Gregory Pincus (1939).jpg” — ACME · Public domain · source
  • “Col. de Orbeta - Ponce Massacre (El Mundo).jpg” — The photographer was Angelo Lebron. The original uploader of the photo into Wikipedia was Sarason (talk) 08:02, 2 April · Public domain · source
  • “Dr. Edris Roushan Rice-Wray M.D..jpg” — Henrylee Marlo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
  • “Helen Rodriguez-Trias.JPG” — National Center for Biotechnology Information · Public domain · source
  • “Blanton Winship.jpg” — Harris & Ewing Collection (Library of Congress) · Public domain · source
  • “Arecibo, Puerto Rico. A row of station wagons or "publicos" waiting for loads and passengers” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Orocovis, Puerto Rico. The plaza” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Orocovis, Puerto Rico. Near the main plaza” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “San Sebastian, Puerto Rico. The plaza and cathedral” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Ponce, Puerto Rico. Street in slum area” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Lares, Puerto Rico. Street scene” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Street in slum area known as "El Machuelitto," in Ponce, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Corozal, Puerto Rico (vicinity). The priest, the glee club and others who attended the tenant purchase celebration on a farm” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Priest baptizing children at the celebration for tenant purchase FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrowers on a farm near Corozal, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Priest conductiong religious service at the celebration for tenant purchase, FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrowers on a farm near Corozal, Puer” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. At the produce market” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Along a country road” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Manati (vicinity), Puerto Rico. On a road” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Utuado, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Milkman on a road” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Street scene. San Juan, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “San Juan, Puerto Rico. Street scene” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Street scene in San Juan, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Insular police on a San Juan street. Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “School room in rural school. Cidra, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Aibonito, Puerto Rico. Children at school” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Aibonito, Puerto Rico. Children outside a school” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Interior of workers shack. Porta de Tierra, San Juan, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Villa of the owner of a sugar plantation and refinery and sugar workers' shacks. Ponce, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Shacks built over tidal swamp in the workers' quarter of Porta de Tierra. San Juan, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Corozal (vicinity), Puerto Rico. Palm leaf shack occupied by this old man and three of his children” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Lares, Puerto Rico. Slum street” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Barranquitas, Puerto Rico. Slum area” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Slum area in Ponce, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Barranquitas, Puerto Rico. In slum area” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Utuado, Puerto Rico. In the slum area” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “In slum area in Ponce, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Utuado, Puerto Rico. Children in the slum area” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Yauco, Puerto Rico. Children in the slum areas” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Children in the slum area, Yauco, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Children in the slum area "Las Monjas" in Santurce, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Barranquitas, Puerto Rico. General store” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Drug store in Yauco, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Barranquitas, Puerto Rico. A little corner store” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Ensenada, Puerto Rico. Carloads of sugar cane at the South Puerto Rico Sugar Company” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Cutting sugar cane. Near Ponce, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Yauco, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Harvesting sugar cane in a sugar cane field” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Yabucoa, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Sugar cane lands” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Guanica, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Sugar cane fields” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Barranquitas, Puerto Rico. Cultivating tobacco” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Barranquitas (vicinity), Puerto Rico. Tobacco country” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Barranquitas (vicinity), Puerto Rico. Tobacco farms” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Arecibo, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Truck driver” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Ensenada, Puerto Rico. Weighing station for trucks at the South Puerto Rico Sugar Company” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Puerto Real, Puerto Rico. Part of the extremely poor little fishing village on the southwest coast of Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Boys eating sugarcane in the small fishing village of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Child of a fisherman in the small fishing village of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Jibaro huts have no windows. When you want to look out you simply part the strands of the leafy wall. Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Wife of resettler in her hurricane-proof house, doing needlework (homework for cash income). The furniture was locally built on local materials under ” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Jibaro woman in tobacco field. Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Old woman in the slums of Ponce, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “San Juan, Puerto Rico. Woman in the needlework factory” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Woman living in the slum area in Yauco, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Workers' quarters, Ponce, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Jibaro tobacco worker with machete. Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Jibaro tobacco worker. Near Cidra, Puerto Rico” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source
  • “Yabucoa, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Sugar worker's family” — Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information · Public domain (US government work) · source

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