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Sugar cane workers resting, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • davidsancar said:
    I doubt any on this image reached sixth grade, it was a back breaking work. interesting how the "mulatos", or Hispanic whites where only allow to work with a machete on the field, I guess it was a higher paying job, but rather no allow to any African or dark skin individual.
  • Maurizio Casadei said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Fotografi senza frontiere, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • allanar6969 said:
    Not true.If you went more to the center of the island youwould have seen more black folks with machetes. Puerto Rican families consist at that time of maybe 9 to 17 kids.Maybe 2 went to school & college the rest were needed for the fields to work. there blacks, whites & browns worked together. They were rought times. everyone was needed for the fields.
  • ARCHIVO HISTORICO Y FOTOGRAFICO DE PUERTO RICO said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called INDUSTRIA AZUCARERA DE PUERTO RICO - 1898 TO PRESENT (CENTRAL, T, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • ARCHIVO HISTORICO Y FOTOGRAFICO DE PUERTO RICO said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called RIO PIEDRAS, P.R. LA CIUDAD DEL ROBLE Y CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, FO, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Man in a sugar-cane field during harvest, vicinity of Rio Piedras? Puerto Rico (LOC)

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  • Ricky Flores said:
    Rio Piedras is a town in Puerto Rico. Again not sure why the question mark after the town. Could it be that LOC is not sure it was taken there?
  • The Library of Congress said:
    rigglord, Glad you're enjoying the photos! Because the title does not appear in brackets, it is transcribed from an original source. Generally, a title is transcribed from the original picture, or from a photographer's logbook or negative jacket. If the picture carries no caption a title is devised from another source and displayed in brackets. Devised titles are written by Library staff, or they might come from a published book illustration or a former owner.
  • Jonathan S. said:
    And this one was used for the cover of "Tortilla Flat" by John Steinbeck, Penguin Modern Classics edition.

Small farms in the southwest, Puerto Rico (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Mulder Bean said:
    Looks like the Sabana Grande or San German region.
  • Joe Delgado said:
    This is called a "trapiche", used to grind sugar, coffee, etc. To learn more about Puerto Rico visit my site www.enlaceapuertorico.com/index.html