Coaland Oil, San Juan, Puerto Rico – Vintage Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Coaland Oil, San Juan, Puerto Rico, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Coal and Oil, San Juan, Porto [sic] Rico
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Coaland Oil, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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In 1919 San Juan was the main port of Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory since 1898, and its harbor depended on steady supplies of coal and fuel oil. Steamers calling at the port needed fuel, so coal and oil storage along the waterfront was part of everyday commerce. Sugar and tobacco dominated the island's exports, and that cargo moved through the same docks that handled fuel and imports. The Jones Act of 1917 had recently made Puerto Ricans U.S. citizens, and island politics and labor questions were active topics in the capital. For dockworkers and merchants, the coal and oil works on the bay marked the port's work as a shipping center.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Creator | cook, f. e. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Puerto Rico |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,222 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Coal and Oil, San Juan, Porto [sic] Rico |
| Reference | PUERTO RICO 1919 Coaland Oil, San Juan |
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