I recently posted a photo slide show with images from an old magazine called “The Mentor” published in 1921. The articles that accompanied the images have been scanned and I am posting them as a historical insight into Puerto Rico in 1921 as seen through an outsider’s point of view. The articles have been posted with the corresponding images and the words have not been changed to maintain the spirit of the original publisher.

A note on the name “Porto Rico”: This was the name of the island at the time of publishing; the spelling was officially changed on May 17, 1932 to its current spelling “Puerto Rico.”

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The articles are:

• A Trip to Porto Rico with Dwight L. Elmendorf
• Columbus Found It: The Beginnings of Porto Rico
• A Bloodless Conquest: Uncle Sam Appears at the Stroke of Twelve
• Voteless for Years: Porto Ricans Given Ballot Only Recently
• More Beautiful Than the Sierras
• Three R’s In Porto Rico: American Teachers Training the Young Idea
• An Island Summit: Porto Rico One of Many Ocean Mountains
• “Pay Dirt” in Porto Rico: Rich Products and Undeveloped Resources
• Play and Work in Porto Rico
• “My House is Yours”
• Making a Palm Leaf Hat
• Pen Pictures of Porto Rico