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[ Calle del Cristo ]

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San Juan 1912
Calle del Cristo.
Colección Sra. A. Vasquez

"Banco Popular" Building, San Juan, P. R.

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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.

Banco Popular de Puerto Rico,
San Juan, P.R.

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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.

Ayuntamiento y Plaza Principal.
City Hall and Plaza Principal.
San Juan, P. R.

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"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…