A worker on a pineapple plantation near Manati.
Image: Library of Congress
From its first inhabitation by Taíno natives to its centuries of rule under Spain and later the United States, Puerto Rico has developed a culture and character unique among the islands of the Caribbean.
In the late 1930s and early ‘40s, photographers from the Farm Security Administration visited the island to document the working conditions of plantation laborers cultivating sugarcane, tobacco, and other crops, as well as daily life both in the capital of San Juan and in remote mountain villages.
Photographer Jack Delano became so enamored with the people and way of life that he made Puerto Rico his permanent home. Read more...
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