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- Collection: Postales de Puerto Rico: Colección Osvaldo García
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[ Escuela Normal y Escuela Práctica ]
"The university’s origins date to 1899 when the Island Board of Public Education offered $15,000 a year to any town that would invest a matching amount in creating a normal school. Fajardo accepted the proposal and the Normal Industrial School was…
[ Tanque acueducto Río Piedras, Lomas Viento, Barriada Venezuela ]
Tanque acueducto
Río Piedras
Lomas Viento
Venezuela
1924
Río Piedras
Lomas Viento
Venezuela
1924
NAVAL STATION AND CUSTOM HOUSE, SAN JUAN, P. R.
"The San Juan Customs House is one of the buildings in Old San Juan that is part of the National Register of Historic Places. It was established on the islet of San Juan in the 18th century. However, the current building was built by order of the…
U. S. Customs House, San Juan, Puerto Rico
"The San Juan Customs House is one of the buildings in Old San Juan that is part of the National Register of Historic Places. It was established on the islet of San Juan in the 18th century. However, the current building was built by order of the…
[ Casa Alcaldía de San Juan frente a la Plaza Alfonso XII ]
San Juan 1897
Casa Alcaldía - frente a la Plaza Alfonso XII.
Casa Alcaldía - frente a la Plaza Alfonso XII.
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.
"Banco Popular" Building, San Juan, P. R.
This beautiful air conditioned and modern office building of the Banco Popular in San Juan shows the progress being made in banking and business in Puerto Rico.
