Palacio del Gobernador, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1904
- Subjects
- ResidencesStreet Scenes
- Card type
- Printed photo
- Date
- c. 1904 (Early)
About this postcard
A tinted view of the Palacio del Gobernador facing the Plaza de Armas in old San Juan, a two-story neoclassical building with a colonnaded upper facade, shuttered windows and a long yellow-railed balcony over a dark arcaded ground floor; a few figures in white summer clothing stand in the street. The palace served as the official residence and office of Puerto Rico's governors, first Spanish and after 1898 American. The handwritten note identifies it as the home of Governor William Henry Hunt, the island's first civilian U.S. governor (1901–1904), which matches the 1904 date written on the card.
Postcard Details
Hassett & Hodge Amesbury, MA
Postcard record
| Postmarked | San Juan |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Coleccion Paris-Bazar |
| Series | Colección París-Bazar |
| Condition | Good |
| Place addressed | Miss. Charlotte Hassett, Hassett & Hodge, Amesbury, MA |
| Place depicted | San Juan, PR |
| received | Amesbury, MA |
| Stamp | 1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides |
| Notes | Undivided-back era card with a white border; sky and balcony hand-tinted. Handwritten on the front: "San Juan, Jan. 27 - 1904" at top and "Governor Hunt's residence, P.R." beside the caption. Postmark: SAN JUAN P.R. JAN 26 12 M; receiving mark: AMESBURY MASS. FEB 2 7-AM 1904 — undivided back, white border, 1904 card. |
Cite this card
Palacio del Gobernador, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1904, postcard, c. 1904. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/palacio-del-gobernador-san-juan-puerto-rico-1904. Accessed November 2, 2026.