Puerto Rico: My Ancestors and Their Descendants

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A Postcard View of the Puerto Rican Flag, 1924. The national symbol of Puerto Rico was designed by a group of exiled Puerto Ricans in New York in the late 1890's. This is one example of the significant role that migration and return migration have played in Puerto Rican history throughout the 20th century. (JoC.)

Passengers At The Preflight Inspection Area, c. 1948. (AHMP.)

A Stewardess Greeting Passengers, 1946. (Charles Rotkin photograph; OIPR)

A Chartered Flight of Puerto Rican Migrant Farm Workers, 1946. (AHMP.)

A Farm Worker Waiting to Board A Chartered Flight To The United States, 1946. (AHMP.)

Commercial Passengers At the New York Municipal Airport, c. 1946. (JC.)

The images presented on this page are just a small magnificent sampling which appear in the book, Pioneros: Puerto Ricans in New York City, 1896 - 1948. The images, of visual historical value, was a collaboration by Messrs. Félix V. Matos-Rodríguez and Pedro Juan Hernández, the director and archivist, respectively, of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College in New York City.

Please note the pictures and accompanying caption descriptions are the copyright of the aforementioned individuals and of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College.

Centro Archives Collection:
(JC)     The Jesús Colón Papers
(JoC)   The Joaquín Colón Papers

Organizational Records:
(AHMP)  Archivos Históricos de la Migración Records
(OIPR)   The Office of Information for Puerto Rico