Banda de música de los niños de Beneficencia

Banda de música de los niños de Beneficencia

(Translation) Welfare Children's Band

Children
Puerto Ricans--Education
Music

This black-and-white photo shows a large group of young children, probably students, gathered in a school or institutional setting. The children are wearing uniforms and holding musical instruments like horns, drums, and other percussion. They are sitting and standing in rows, with an adult in the center, likely a teacher or administrator.

The caption at the bottom says "Banda de música de los niños de Beneficencia," which means "Welfare Children’s Band." This suggests the image shows a music program from Casa de Beneficencia, a social welfare institution in San Juan, Puerto Rico, created in the 1840s. The Casa de Beneficencia provided care for orphaned children, women, the mentally ill, and the homeless. A report from 1846 mentioned that music was added to the curriculum for the children living there.

Moscioni, A.

Original format: 1 photo: b&w; 24x19cm. from the A. Moscioni Photograph Collection of the Library System, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus.

University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus.

(Created) Between 1898 - 1917

(Digital Image) 2005-10-17

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Digital reproduction of photo with number. ID 12, negative no. 04126 from the A.Moscioni Photograph Collection.

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Photograph

7.48 x 9.45 inches