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

Our Lady of Mercy Church. Havana.
Main altar decorated for a wedding.

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"... founded around 1755 and only officially blessed in 1792. The later construction is clear in the baroque façade while an extensive rebuilding in the 1860s transformed the relatively poor church and convent into one of the most richly decorated…

Old Spanish Catholic Cathedral,
Ponce, Puerto Rico

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The old Spanish Catholic Cathedral of the City of Ponce, Puerto Rico, is found in the beautiful Plaza Muñoz Rivera surrounded by royal palm trees.

NAVAL STATION AND CUSTOM HOUSE, SAN JUAN, P. R.

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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…

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…

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…