United States Troops in Guánica - PRAHA

United States Troops in Guánica

Description

United States soldiers in front of a wooden house on a beach in Guánica. Some are in line to receive food, others are crouching. The house has a zinc gable roof, a double door and two windows. On one side, there is a pile of wood logs and two children are visible. The Caribbean Sea is in the background.

Origin Name	Box 424, Folder 4, Photo 4586
Relation	San Juan National Historic Site (NPS) > San Juan NHS Resource Records Collection > Series VIII Visual Materiales 1788-2017, Subseries B Photographs 1890 - 2011 > Box 424 - Folder 4 - 1898 Colleciton (3) - 1898
Geographical Coverage	Guánica
Date	[1898]
Descriptive Notes	Title assigned by the cataloging team. The general description, date, or geographical coverage has information furnished by the San Juan National Historic Site, Puerto Rico.
Descripción decolonial	During the years prior to the United States invasion of Puerto Rico in 1898, social discontent with the Spanish rule spread throughout the island. Hunger, amongst other social discomforts, was one of many other reasons why a considerable section of the population welcomed the promises of liberty, justice and humanity proclaimed by the United States empire at the time of its irruption at the town of Guánica; reaching a point where some Puerto Ricans served as scouts to the invading troops. On the contrary, once the hostilities were over, the economic crisis increased, production and commerce plummeted, and Puerto Ricans were left at the mercy of the United States economy and political administration.
Historical Background	Spanish American War: United States Military Invasion Architecture in Puerto Rico: Seventeenth-Nineteenth Centuries
Architectural Subject	Armies Armed forces units Soldiers Military uniforms Houses Plank construction Double doors Hinged windows Gables roofs Serving spoons Cookware Beaches Seas Boys Occupations (armed conflicts)
Decolonial Subject	Colonialism United States Invasion of 1898
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Editor	Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format	JPEG
Resource Type	Image

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