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Description

Diagonal view of a house in the town of San Juan. The house is made of wood and has a gabled roof. It is surrounded by a low wall with an ornamental metallic railing. It has a front garden with different plants. It has double glazed windows surrounded by moldings. The windows have decorative metallic bars on the inside. Above the front windows, there are eaves sustained by wooden beams with a semi-capped roof. There is a front balcony surrounded by a concrete balustrade, over which there are ornamental metallic bars sustained by columns. The gabled pediment has a lattice-style window and all of the eave, has wooden cornices. Behind, there is a smaller building.
Origin Name
CAJ_1002_N0026
Relation
Archivo de Arquitectura y Construcción de la Universidad de Puerto Rico > Colección Carol F. Jopling > Caja 2 - Pruebas de contacto y negativos
Geographical Coverage
San Juan
Date
1979
Descriptive Notes
The title, date, and address were provided by the Architecture and Construction Archive of the University of Puerto Rico (AACUPR). In the file provided by the archive, the following information is clarified: "Photographer: Carol F. Jopling, architecture students, or Earth Watch volunteers". Some of the photos found in the archives of this collection are repeated and show the same houses because they document other formats created for the research project led by Carol F. Jopling and were taken on different occasions (example: 35mm negatives, color, black and white, instant photos, photos that were brightened or with contrast).
Historical Background
Architectural Subject
  • Houses
  • Plank construction
  • Moldings (object components)
  • Grilles (barrier elements)
  • Columns (architectural elements)
  • Eaves
  • Cornices
  • Gardens (open spaces)
  • Walls
  • Balustrades
  • Buildings (structures)
Decolonial Subject
Rights
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Editor
Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format
JPEG
Resource Type
Image
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