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  • Collection: Colección de postales y fotografías 1844-1952 de Puerto Rico, República Dominican y Cuba.

Maine Monument. Havana Cuba.

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El monumento a las víctimas del Maine fue construido en 1926 en El Vedado, La Habana, Cuba, en honor a los marineros que murieron en la explosión del buque estadounidense Maine en 1898, que sirvió como pretexto a los Estados Unidos para…

Market Place, Ponce, P. R.

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"Originally designed by architect Timoteo Luberza de San Martín and modeled after the Paris market in France, the building has been broadly remodeled many times throughout its life. During the 1941 remodeling, the original structure, which was not…

Mayagüez Plaza, San Juan, P. R.

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"In 1576 a decree of the Spanish emperor Felipe II established a set of rules and regulations for settlements in the New World. This were compiled in 1680 in the Laws of Indies. These norms were quite strict. They established the location of the…

Miramar, Santurce, P.R.

Miramar, Santurce, P.R.
According to Allen Morrison in The Tramways of San Juan Puerto Rico [http://www.tramz.com/pr/sj.html]: "In Santurce the line was on the south side of Av. Ponce de León..., so this view is west. The tram has just passed another car on the siding and…

Monumento a la Independencia Financiera, Ciudad Trujillo, Rep. Dom.

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MONUMENTO A LA INDEPENDENCIA FINANCIERA, Ciudad Trujillo, Rep. Dom. Frente al mar Caribe, en el Paseo Presidente Billini y Avenida George Washington.

MONUMENT TO FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE, Ciudad Trujillo, D. R. Facing the Caribbean Sea, at the…