This is Isla Preciosa, a collection of digitized primary sources about how different groups of Puerto Ricans were affected by and responded to the United States invasion of Puerto Rico in 1898 and its fallout.
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String tobacco in curingbarn[sic]
This black-and-white photo shows workers stringing tobacco leaves inside a curing barn of the Porto Rico American Tobacco Corporation (P.R.A.R.Co.).…
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Baile de soldados de las Fuerzas Armadas en el Casino de Puerto Rico
This black-and-white photo shows a dance party at the old Casino de Puerto Rico. Many guests, including both Puerto Rican civilians and U.S. military…
Luis R. Esteves (The Howitzer, Class of 1915)
The black-and-white portrait pictures Luis R. Esteves, a cadet at West Point in 1915, who was also the first Puerto Rican graduate from the famous…