Rosie at Seabreeze

Rosemarie Gutierrez, a Rochester, NY Realtor, enjoys a bit of summertime fun on the Carousel at Seabreeze Amusement Park.  

Zainnia Vegas and Her Lakota Grandmother Blackwolfe

Zainnia Vegas (left) is with beloved Lakota grandmother Blackwolfe on the prairie in South Dakota. Born to Irish/Blackfoot and Puerto Rican parents, Zainnia traces her Borikua heritage on her mother's side to the early migrations of Puerto Rican farmworkers and merchant marines to California and Hawaii -- where she still has family. She's never been to Boriken, but Ziannia is very proud of her Taino heritage.

Big John Astacio -- A fiercely proud Taino in Seneca Country

Mercedes Vazquez Simmons and son at the Rochester PR Festival for the Ruben Blades Concert

The lovely Mercedes Vazquez Simmons takes a break from her role as Founder & CEO of Pretty Girl Productions- Boxing Pretty Girl Promotions to enjoy the music of Ruben Blades with her son Taylor at yesterday's Puerto Rican Festival in Rochester, New York. 

Beautiful Faces: Rochester, NY's Puerto Rican Parade

A mother and daughter enjoy yesterday's 43rd Annual Puerto Rican Parade in Rochester, NY. 

Bristol, PA Keeps PR Jibaro Culture Alive!

Photo series from the 42nd Annual Puerto Rican Day Festival of Bristol, PA - 7.28.13.

Jack Delano's Puerto Rico Photo Series 1941-89

A Masterwork Spanning 40 Years and One Island by David Gonzalez.

Winters by the Lake

I grew up near what was Glacial Lake Iroquois and is still Seneca country. 100+ inches of snow per season, blinding blizzards, 20 foot snow mountains erected by plows, cavernous snow forts and endless snowball wars were common. Big snow just wasn't a big deal and the storms were never named. It's what we knew and expected in winter: 100 day seasons of bone-chilling air, house length icicles, sledding and tobogganing, ice skating, snow angels, frozen fingers and toes. This storm -- Nemo -- brings me back to those wintry days of joy near the lake.

The Sugar Cane Aguador "The Waterboy" -- Puerto Rico Circa 1944

Click the title link to see the full 116 photo "La Plata, Oct. 1944-Aug. 1947" collection by Dr. H. Clair Amstutz, a Mennonite medical missionary. These photos put images -- and in color -- to the stories told by our parents and grandparents.