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  • Collection: Postales de Puerto Rico: Colección Osvaldo García

Union Club, Miramar, P.R.

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Postcard to Oscar de los Reyes, Secretaría de Estado, Habana, Cuba, from J.V. Ledesma, Ponce, P.R., enero 1 de 1915.

"El Union Club fue construido (c. 1905) para albergar las actividades sociales de la comunidad estadounidense en San Juan y otros…

University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, P. R.

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University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, P. R., with its magnificent Tower and Carillon and well kept campus, compares favorably with the best of its kind in the world, and is positively the best in the Antilles.

Vanderbilt, Hotel. Condado, P. R.

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"In 1919, Frederick William Vanderbilt, scion of one of the wealthiest families in America and arguably one of the most influential men in the country, acquired oceanfront land in the exclusive Condado District of San Juan, Puerto Rico. He selected…

View of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from "El Vigía"

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There are a number of beautiful homes constructed on the mountain back of the City of Ponce called "El Vigía". This shows the city as it appears from one of the residences.