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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.

FSA - T[enant] P[urchase] borrowers? by their house, Puerto Rico (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • biggdogg99 said:
    Now that is history. Where in PR is this? Carolina? Loiza?
  • nitaina1 said:
    lol
  • Manuel Garcia said:
    Was corn ever planted in PR?
  • Jose Centeno said:
    look at that corn!! wow!

Sugar cane worker and his woman, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico (LOC)

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  • Alec Fredericks said:
    I've become addicted to trying to bring back the original vibrancy of these images. My first test is here: www.flickr.com/photos/alec_fredericks/2198620547/ By adjusting the color balance, contrast and levels, I think I've found a way to bring back the natural colors and facial details ravaged by time.
  • RicanGeek said:
    Her blouse was made from the same fabric used to package the processed sugar.
  • bf53490 said:
    These people don't look happy at all compared to some of the photos of the white American field workers.
  • wesvaz said:
    bf5390: they had to work really hard to eat very little and live a hopeless life of work and no progress-staying servants to rich thieves. Now Would you look happy? like the field workers from usa-i think is what you mean when you say "american" ...
  • tropicalgardener1 said:
    I am thinking the white field workers I have seen don't look so happy either... unless they were posed. Working for the rich (with no vested rights in property) is humiliating and dehumanizing.