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

U. S. Customs House, San Juan, Puerto Rico

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"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…

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…