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Street in San Juan, Puerto Rico (LOC)

Delano, Jack,, photographer.

Street in San Juan, Puerto Rico

1941 Dec.

1 transparency : color.

Notes:
 Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Photograph shows Coca-Cola sign in foreground.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

Subjects:
 Streets
United States--Puerto Rico--San Juan

Format: Transparencies--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 11671-25 (DLC) 93845501

General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34067

Call Number: LC-USF35-613

Comments and faves

  1. ★

    RicanGeek, eugenemartin, MrSniggs, doctor.boogie, and 155 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. RicanGeek (65 months ago | reply)

    This picture was taken from the southwest corner of the intersection of Calle de la Luna and Calle de San Jose in Old San Juan (facing north on San Jose).

    Is there a way to directly add geolocation tags to the pictures in this collection? question answered & geolocation tags included

  3. Viv | Seattle Bon Vivant (65 months ago | reply)

    ¡Maravillosa! This is the first non B&W photo I see of San Juan during this period. What color and crispness!

    Jack Delano not only was a wonderful photographer but a very gifted musician who arrived in Puerto Rico as a Federal Government employee, felt in love with the country, its folklore and its people and never left. His contribution to Puerto Rican culture in terms of arts and music is incalculable.

  4. Khaled A.K (65 months ago | reply)

    WoW ... !
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    Seen on Flickr Blog. (?)

  5. A Outra Voz (65 months ago | reply)

    wonderful!!!

  6. jmoliver (65 months ago | reply)

    Photo description says "1941 Dec", while the Flickr date states sometime in 1940.

  7. Nonpretension (65 months ago | reply)

    I guess people liked Coca Cola :)

    Or someone wanted them to!

  8. feens, THE feens (64 months ago | reply)

    A place in time we can only visit here.

  9. jhudo (64 months ago | reply)

    This is how this corner looks today:

  10. B. Nagurski [deleted] (61 months ago | reply)

    Ahh, the wonders of Kodachrome!!

  11. DanielMPR (49 months ago | reply)

    Esto si es "Old-school"!, yo naci en el 1977, y me criee en Texas, asi ke casi no se nada de aki!

  12. q32again (48 months ago | reply)

    I like this photo

  13. semion2 (48 months ago | reply)

    best

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  14. q124 (48 months ago | reply)

    nice

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  15. helen231 (48 months ago | reply)

    hi

  16. baffled human (46 months ago | reply)

    makes me want a nice cold coke in a bottle.

    *thank you so much for the 'corner today' photo!

  17. sotovsoto (45 months ago | reply)

    Gracias a Jack Delano podemos disfrutar de esos recuerdos de P.R.

  18. laacera (40 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called La Acera, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

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    Found in a search. (?)

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