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A village street, Ponce
Song 3
There was still no central heating
in the tenements
We thought that the cold was
the oldest thing on the planet earth
We used to think about my Uncle Listo
Who never left his hometown
We’d picture him sitting around
cooling himself with a fan
In that imaginary place
called Puerto Rico.
Mountain farm, Ponce
Mountain area, Ponce, Puerto Rico
A mountain farmhouse
Father and son fill their containers at the community water pump, mountain farming area, Ponce
Wild flowers, mountain area
Sugar cane field and refinery, Ponce
Petrochemical plant in coastal area, Ponce
Oil refinery in the sunset, Ponce
Oil pipeline on the beach
Sign on bridge near PPG plant protesting air pollution, Ponce
Luquillo Beach condominium, San Juan
On the coast
Bayamón housing development, San Juan
5 P.M. traffic on Route 2 in Bayamón
Bayamón housing development, San Juan
Atlantic Beach, Arecibo
Garbage-strewn Atlantic beach, Arecibo
Caribbean coastline, Santa Isabel, Guayama
Caribbean harbor outside Salinas, Guayama
Industrial area, San Juan
Industrial area, San Juan
Luquillo Beach, San Juan
Luquillo Beach, San Juan
Luquillo Beach, San Juan
Luquillo Beach, San Juan
Boat launching from Luquillo Beach, San Juan
Mayagüez-Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Fishing from the dock at Playa de Playuela, Mayagüez
Burning garbage at an open dump on Highway 112 north of San Sebastian, Mayagüez
Burning garbage at an open dump on Highway 112 north of San Sebastian, Mayagüez
Burning garbage at an open dump on Highway 112
Abandoned car under a palm tree at Rincon, Mayagüez
Sugar cane and refinery near Mayagüez
Sugar refinery, Mayagüez
Sugar refinery. Trucks bring in freshly cut cane, Mayagüez
Sugar refinery and drainage ditch
Guaynabo River south of San Juan
Road near San Juan
A farmer clears his land with a machete
Abandoned car off highway in Rio Grande
Abandoned autos, near San Juan
New apartment buildings, San Juan
New apartment buildings, San Juan
High rise apartments on southern outskirt of the city, San Juan
Father and son fishing on Isla de Cabras, San Juan
Smoking chimneys of a cement plant in industrial area of San Juan
Palo Seco electric power plant across the bay from San Juan
Catano industrial area, across the bay from Old San Juan
Palo Seco electric power plant in the background, San Juan
Reservoir dam under construction, south of the city, San Juan
New toll road under construction between San Juan and Ponce; this section at Cayey
Aerial view of body of polluted water, Puerto Rico
Aerial view of body of polluted water, Puerto Rico
Photos by John Vachon (1914-1975), February 1973, for the Environmental Protection Agency's Documerica project (US National Archives)
