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Description

Front view of a Victorian-style house in the coastal town of Fajardo. The house is two-story, in wood, with a gable zinc roof. On the first floor the house has a porch with a zinc hipped roof. It is sustained by columns and the upper edge is covered with plant vines and an ornamental edge. It is decorated with patio chairs made of wood and metal, matching tables and plants in decorative pots. It has two simple wooden doors with embossed details and a double wooden door with aluminum lattice-style windows. Above both doors there are mullions in wood and glass.
Origin Name
CAJ_1012_N0008
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 is clarified: "Photographer: Carol F. Jopling, architecture students or Earth Watch volunteers". There are repeated photos among the files of this collection because they document different photographic formats created for the project. Examples: 35mm negatives, color, black and white, instant photography, photos that were clarified or with contrast.
Historical Background
Architectural Subject
  • Houses
  • Plank construction
  • Porticoes
  • Gardens (open spaces)
  • Chairs (furniture forms)
  • Tables (support furniture)
  • Zinc
  • Windows
  • Double doors
  • Swinging doors (doors)
  • Fanlights
  • Brattishing
  • High Victorian
  • Flowerpots
  • Palm trees
Decolonial Subject
Rights
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Editor
Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format
JPEG
Resource Type
Image
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