United States Army Corporal, Guánica

Description

Soldier ranked as Marine Corporal of the United States Army posing in front of a wooden house in the camp established on the coast of Guánica upon the 1898 invasion. The house is built on stilts, has a zinc gable roof, and looks old and in bad shape.

Origin Name	Box 424, Folder 3, Photo 4999
Relation	San Juan National Historic Site (NPS) > San Juan NHS Resource Records Collection > Series VIII Visual Materiales 1788-2017, Subseries B Photographs 1890 - 2011 > Box 426 - Folder 3 - 1898 Collection (16) - 1898
Geographical Coverage	Guánica
Date	1898-07-25
Descriptive Notes	Title assigned by the cataloging team. The general description, date, or geographical coverage has information furnished by the San Juan National Historic Site, Puerto Rico.
Historical Background	Architecture in Puerto Rico: Seventeenth-Nineteenth Centuries Military History of Puerto Rico: Spanish American War
Architectural Subject	Military camps Soldiers Military uniforms Houses Plank construction Stilts (structural elements) Double doors Hinged doors Gable roofs
Decolonial Subject	United States Invasion of 1898 Military Invasion
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Editor	Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format	JPEG
Resource Type	Image