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Slum dwellings in the workers' quarter of Porta De Tierra. Note: shacks are built on piles driven into swamp. Under the boards is open water. This place is infested with malarial mosquitoes. San Juan, Puerto Rico

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Slum dwellings in the workers' quarter of Porta De Tierra. Note: shacks are built on piles driven into swamp. Under the boards is open water. This place is infested with malarial mosquitoes. San Juan, Puerto Rico

Shacks built over tidal swamp in the workers' quarter of Porta de Tierra. San Juan, Puerto Rico

Shacks built over tidal swamp in the workers' quarter of Porta de Tierra. San Juan, Puerto Rico

Shacks built over tidal swamp in the workers' quarter of Porta de Tierra. San Juan, Puerto Rico

Shacks built over tidal swamp in the workers' quarter of Porta de Tierra. San Juan, Puerto Rico

Children in the workers' quarter of Puerto de Tierra. Note the water of the tidal swamp under the houses and "sidewalk." San Juan, Puerto Rico

Children in the workers' quarter of Puerto de Tierra. Note the water of the tidal swamp under the houses and "sidewalk." San Juan, Puerto Rico

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Slum dwellings in the workers' quarter of Porta De Tierra. Note: shacks are built on piles driven into swamp. Under the boards is open water. This place is infested with malarial mosquitoes. San Juan, Puerto Rico

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01/01/1938
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Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-, photographer
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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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