Barranquitas, Puerto Rico: the town and the tobacco industry in 1941
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- Video montage of photos taken in Barranquitas, Puerto Rico in December 1941 by photographer Jack Delano. This video serves as a brief overview of daily life in a Puerto Rican agricultural community during the Great Depression and at the onset of World War II.
Photos courtesy of the Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Prints are available from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division in Washington, D.C. or at: hdl.loc.gov/loc...
Music track is "Puerto Rico Me Llama" by Jimmy Fontanez/Media Right Productions (Royalty Free Music)
Qué bello video , me emociono al verlo ya que dejé mi isla para buscar una mejor vida aquí en los Estados Unidos hace largos años atrás y me emociona ,me salen lagrimas al oír esa bella melodía con los videos en los lindos pueblo de la isla .,cuanto quisiera conseguir esa melodía,esa linda música qué acompaña el video
My Grandpa was a farmer born n raised in el barrio La Loma in Barranquitas, P R, and tabacco was the no 1 bread maker , second was cattle, plantains, bananas, yautia, malanga, batata. I got to sew tabaco, 3 thousand, 1 yard cotton strings, that later were taken to the big rancho to be hang to dry. It was fun to be among the most elder woman of the barrio, sewing tabacco, telling stories, singing or cracking jokes , drinking coffee or chocolate with crackers or bread. I remember no one liked to sew the "boliche" the small leaves..and the tabaco worms were huuuge, my uncle used to pick them up and throw it to the chickens... the fight for it reminded me of a football game, one chicken pick it up and ran while the rest followed her trying to take it away... fun times, awesome memories from my childhood in my native barrio, La Loma in Barranquitas, Puerto Rico, USA.
I'm from el barrio la loma as well, from las parcelas
Este es el pueblo adonde fueron criados mis abuelos de las familias Ortiz-Santos y Pagan-Torres. Mi papa nacio en Corozal y mama en Guayama. Orgullosos somos de nuestros raizes. Bendiciones familia de Palo Hincado desde Paterson y Hawthorne Nueva Jersey! Los amamos todos!!! ❤❤❤
Truly AWESOME!!!! My oldest aunt lived to be 103 in Barranquitas. Their mountainous farm had a waterfall and the water led to a steam down the mountain. All of their offspring's still live their today with houses spread throughout their mountain. I was told stories of my mother washing clothing against the rocks when she spend sometime with them. She was the youngest of 17 children. I visited Barranquitas three years ago ( in my 60s) for a celebration of life of my Aunt. My cousins in their 80s will tell me stories of them working the farm land for days. They still looked very healthy and strong. They slept on the ground on top of the mountain farm land and come down to their home at the bottom of the mountain to shower and eat a fresh meal- to do it again. Their produces was sold to the city. I heard wonderful folk music played with their 6 string guitars and quiro. Those were the days of hard working Puerto Ricans families. I watched our third generation of cousins age 15-19 years with their heads stuck to their phones and listening to their own music. They have no clue as to what got the family to the easy life they have today. Un gran abrazo a todos los jibaros y sus familias who made Puerto Rico what it is today. I am honored by their hard work. THANK YOU FOR SUCH A WONDERFUL VIDEO.
Beautifully done.
WAO QUE RECUERDOS PRECIOSO. QUEBRADA GRANDE. SECTOR EL LLANO
My home town Barranquitas my grandfather was a coffee and tabaco farmer for many years.
Que bello tema puerto rico me llama.🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🌅🇵🇷🌴🌴🌴🇵🇷🇵🇷🌴🏝️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I lived in La Vega Barranqitas from 1960 -1965 my family moved to NY when I was 12, I remember the girls at the school I attended, Luis Munoz Rivera, close to el Cortijo, were really beautiful. I didn’t like N. Y at all, it was like leaving paradise to go to a crowded dirty city. I have my best memories of PR in Barranquitas, God bless the people of PR
Excelente video, me gustaría que presenten un video sobre la educación de antes.
Naci en La Vega Barranquitas, salí niño de seis años, hacia Chicago dónde me crié!
More videos like this please
My hometown.
Love your video
Simple y sencillamente MARAVILLOSOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! uNA JOYA PARA NOSOTROS LOS BARRANQUITENOS. GRACIAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aquí nací y ahí regresare a descansar eternamente.La tierra de mis padres y de toda mi familia
Proud to be from Barranquitas cuna de Próceres ;)
I remember when they would pick me and my brothers up on a jeep to roll Tabacco and give us a $.10. I lived in Qubrdillas Barranquitas by the Hotel for a couple years.it was a beautiful life.
My family roots are from this town and their houses were at the entrance of the town, Many ,e,ories by watching this video. Thank you for sharing.
Barranquitas is such a beautiful town! Thank you for commenting.
When I was a child I do remember the Tobacco plantations, I lived in Helechal and remember going to La Vega "semillero" to get the tobacco plants, although my father was a teacher, he loved agriculture and used to grow also tobacco. My 'uncle Tio Suso was a 100% farmer and we helped him with tobaco and other crops like beans, cabbage and coffee... wow what memories! I wish I had pictures of those days. Seems to me that the plantations in this video are in Quebradillas/Barrancas/Quebrada
Grande and Honduras(La Loma)
I'm From La Vega. Saludos Brother 🙏
Mi padre Jose tambien.
Wow papi de Palo hincado tocava musica con vidal Hernandez y tambien con mazo rivera Israel ortiz
Yo soy de Barranquitas del various la Torres .yo Hecht mucho de memos mi pueblito😢
From Guaynabo
Siempre
God granted me the priviledge of been born and raised in Barranquitas, PR and the blessing to be protected under the wings of the USA.
Aiestuveyo?
MY FAMILIA Rodriguez, Rivera ,Cintron, Collazo somos familia de Luis Munoz Rivera el proser.
Mi Pueblo Barranquitas Barrio Barrancas sector matadero.
Today it's cometely.differrent.
Muy bonito pero hay decir los nombre delos fundadores
Wow! El pueblo de santo viejo, Jose M. Rodriguez/Berrios ,Cintron/Díaz
"Hijo de Jose Maria Rodriguez Berrios y de Genara Cintron Diaz." Tenia 7 hermanos y 1 hermana.
1. Antonio (Toño)
2.Jose M. (Cheo, mi padre♡)
3 Francisco (Pancho)
4.Maria (Mery)
5.Juan (mi tio Juan♡)
6. Perdon, pero mi cabeza esta malita, con un bloqueo, y no me viene su nombre.(Perdon, Tio Junior) Murio en St Tomas, USA Islas Virgenes.
7. Luis (El Cano)
8. Jesús (Chuito)
Y 2s hermanos de mi abuela Genara. Tio Teodoro, y Tio Rosa♡ fue la unica familia de el que conocí, o escuche hablar de ellos, pues no conocí a mis abuelos, pues abuelo nacio de Tuberculosis y Abuela Genara de cancel cervical.
Bueno pero perdon, primero debí dar las gracias por tremendo video del pueblo cuna de papí, asi que muchismas gracias. Y disculpe por poner a mi familia de Barranquita, pero solo fui una sola vez, a darle una vuelta a mi padre por su terruño amado, ya despues de casada y llegando de USA donde resido, despues de pasar el charco y llegar a NYC y despues a Worcester (wuster) Massachusetts, como ya explique antes. Pero tengo 2s arboles de Genologia 🤔 (Spanglish!! lol y se que su video lo veeran muchos de Barranquita y si usted me lo permite? Veran mis linias y por fin podre conocer más familia de mi padre, y de su pueblo que tanto amo.♡
Nuevamente gracias por este video de mis raices por mi viejo amadó ♡ Y si, a mi si me encantaria ver mas de mis raices Boricuas❤🇵🇷❤
Annie*
Yo cosía tabaco y me ganaba mis chavitos jeje