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Description

Main façade of a house built on stilts in the town of Luquillo. The house is wooden with a zinc, gabled roof. On the first floor, the house has a clothesline. To the far right, the house has concrete, railing-less stairs. In the front, there is a balcony surrounded by a wooden railing sustained by fine, wooden columns. The balcony is decorated with hanging flower pots, and in the upper part, there is a metallic awning. The door is a screen door, the windows are lattice-style, and are surrounded by wooden moldings. To both sides, houses with similar characteristics are visible.

Origin Name	CAJ_1013_N0035
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	Luquillo
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: "Fotógrafo: Carol F. Jopling, estudiantes de arquitectura o 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	Housing in Puerto Rico: Urban Housing
Architectural Subject	Houses Stilts (structural elements) Plank construction Balconies Awnings Curtains (window hangings) Straight stairs Windows Moldings (object components) Swinging doors (doors) Screen doors (doors) Automobiles Flowerpots Persiennes People (agents)
Decolonial Subject	Development (aparatus) Domestic Work
Rights	English Rights. (hyperlink)
Editor	Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format	JPEG
Resource Type	Image