Military Clinic

Description

Wooden structure used as a clinic in the Battle of Coamo during the United States invasion. It is a wooden house built on stilts with a flat zinc roof that has a door and a window. On one side, a tree and a two-wheel cart are visible, and on the other there is a wooden ladder leaning against the wall. There are children in front of the clinic.

Origin Name	Box 426, Folder 4, Photo 5042
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 4 - 1898 Collection (17) - 1898
Geographical Coverage	Coamo
Date	1898
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	Puerto Rican Society: Childhood Housing in Puerto Rico: Rural Housing
Architectural Subject	Rural areas Houses Plank construction Flat roofs Stilts (structural elements) Hinged doors Hinged windows Ladders Carts Trees (woody plants) Military hospitals Invasions Children (people by age group)
Decolonial Subject	Care for Life Military Occupation
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Editor	Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format	JPEG
Resource Type	Image