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- Collection: Postales de Puerto Rico: Colección Osvaldo García
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Union Club, Miramar, P.R.
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…
"El Union Club fue construido (c. 1905) para albergar las actividades sociales de la comunidad estadounidense en San Juan y otros…
Ayuntamiento y Plaza Principal.
City Hall and Plaza Principal.
San Juan, P. R.
"The City Hall, as we know it today, was completed at an early stage with the building facing the Plaza de Armas during the administration of Ramón de Castro y Gutiérrez, who ruled the island from 1795 to 1801. However, the seat dates back to 1602…
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico,
San Juan, P.R.
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO,
SAN JUAN, P. R.
This important banking firm was founded in 1893 and moved to its new, modern, and fully air conditioned building on April 10th, 1939.
SAN JUAN, P. R.
This important banking firm was founded in 1893 and moved to its new, modern, and fully air conditioned building on April 10th, 1939.
PARQUE CRISTOBAL COLON, AGUADILLA, P. R.
Christopher columbus Park, at Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. A huge stone cross marks the site of the landing of Columbus in Puerto Rico on the 19th of November, 1493. Here he found an Indian village. The native name of the Island was Boriquen, but Columbus…
Torre de la Universidad de Puerto Rico,
Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
Tower of the University of Puerto Rico, at Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. A carillon was installed at the tower on Oct. 1st, 1939, at a cost of $21,319.22 which was raised by popular contribution among the student body and friends of the institution.
Casa Blanca, San Juan, P. R.
White House (Casa Blanca), erected by Ponce de Leon in 1523 as a fortress and arsenal and later made the residence of Ponce de Leon's family. Presently this splendid house is the residence of the Commander of the United States Army in Puerto Rico.
PLAZA LUIS MUÑOZ RIVERA, MAYAGÜEZ, P. R.
All Puerto Rico loves and honors the name of Don Luis Muñoz Rivera, its most prominent patriot. Mayaguez has shown her devotion by erecting a statue to his memory at Muñoz Rivera Square..
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COLUMBUS CATHEDRAL, HAVANA, CUBA
Columbus Cathedral, showing main entrance, and within which the remains of Columbus are said to have rested for years.