Detail of a Balcony, Del Cristo Street
Description
Detail of a balcony in the second floor of a house, Del Cristo Street, Old San Juan. It is a wooden balcony with a balustrade and slim pillars. Under the balusters, there is a strip of latticed wood, and the balcony's roof is covered with zinc. From the house, three wooden doors with jalousies framed with moldings can be seen, and through the doors, the roof with exposed beams is visible. The facade of the house has pilasters, a cornice, and a parapet with molding. There is a sign in the balcony reading: "Territorial Partido Estadista Puertorriqueño." A girl can be seen on the roof.| Origin Name |
Box 444, Folder 15, Photo 2063
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| 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 444 - Folder 15 - Architecture - 1859-1996
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| Geographical Coverage |
San Juan
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| Date |
1933-09
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| 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.
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| Descripción decolonial |
The first half of the twentieth century is a convoluted period for the United States’ colonial administration and the Puerto Ricans. The organic laws approved up to that moment granted political and economic control to the empire and its investors on the island, a relation which they were reluctant to change. On the other hand, the Great Depression worsened the already precarious economic situation of the island. In response to this event, the federal government introduced the New Deal as a project to mitigate the impoverishment endured by the nation, Puerto Rico included. By then, the debate surrounding the political status of the island reemerges as part of the population seeks independence as a remedy to the colonial exploitation, while another sector aligns with the United States’ economic projects and proposes statehood as a means to achieve greater participation in the United States’ political and economic realms to insert Puerto Rico in the progress represented by the metropolis.
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| Rights |
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| Editor |
Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
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| Resource Format |
JPEG
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| Resource Type |
Image
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