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Description

Side view of a front garden in a wooden house located in the coastal town of Fajardo. The house is surrounded by a metallic bar fence followed by a façade garden. The garden is decorated with concrete benches, planters, a niche with a religious figure, and a wooden wheel. To the far right, you can see the balcony of the house surrounded by a low wooden wall, over which there are plants in decorative pots. Also, above the balcony there is a metallic curtain sustained by ornamental metallic pillars. In the street in front, there is a car parked. There are adjacent houses with similar characteristics.
Origin Name
CAJ_1010_N0029
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
  • Grilles (barrier elements)
  • Gardens (open spaces)
  • Niches
  • Santos (statues)
  • Benches (furniture)
  • Flowerpots
  • Awnings
  • Balconies
  • Streets
  • Electric wiring
  • Zinc
  • Automobiles
  • Wheels (components)
  • Sidewalks
  • Walls
  • People (agents)
Decolonial Subject
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Editor
Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format
JPEG
Resource Type
Image
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