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Description

View of side garden in a house in the coastal town of Fajardo. The garden has an entrance with a low concrete wall, separated by a small pedestrian gate made of ornamental metallic bars. The garden is decorated with planters, concrete benches, and a niche with a religious figure. From the rear part of the garden, there is a wall and a similar entrance gate, but greater in size. Lastly, to both sides of the garden, there are wooden houses with zinc roofs. The house to the right has aluminum, lattice-style windows, and to the far left, it has double, wooden windows. Above one of them, there is a fabric curtain sustained by wooden brackets.
Origin Name
CAJ_1010_N0017
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
Fajardo
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
  • Zinc
  • Gardens (open spaces)
  • Walls
  • Grilles (barrier elements)
  • Awnings
  • Windows
  • Persiennes
  • Sidewalks
  • Benches (furniture)
  • Niches
  • Santos (statues)
Decolonial Subject
Rights
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Editor
Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format
JPEG
Resource Type
Image
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