The waterfront in San Juan harbour, Puerto Rico. The photographer is looking north at the buildings fronting the harbour from a vessel offshore. On the left is the United States Lighthouse Service base at La Puntilla with a large building with the United States flag flying above it. Alongside the quay in the centre is one of the Popular class of harbour passenger launches. The buildings facing the harbour include, on the left, the Banco Comercial De Puerto Rico with the Hotel Palace beyond it. To the left of centre is The Royal Bank of Canada. On the right is the pier of the New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co and the cable office building of the West India and Panama Telegraph Co. Ltd. and the Western Union Telegraph Company with three pole masts and two lattice masts beyond them.