Barranquitas, Puerto Rico – Historic 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Barranquitas, Puerto Rico. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Barranquitas, Puerto Rico
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Barranquitas is a mountain municipality in the interior of Puerto Rico, and this cityscape captures it in January 1942, only weeks after the United States entered the Second World War. The picture is a safety-film negative from the Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information collection, a body of work that documented American life and places, including its overseas territories, during the Depression and the war years. Views like this one show the small town as it was in that period, when Puerto Rican communities were drawn into the wartime economy and the island's rural centers were a frequent subject for federal photographers.
| Created / published | 1942 Jan. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches or smaller. |
| Genre | Cityscape photographs.Safety film negatives. |
| Notes | Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. |
| Subjects | Puerto Rico--Barranquitas Municipality--Barranquitas. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,282 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-181011 |
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