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Description

Side-view of a house built on stilts in the town of Luquillo. The house is wooden with a zinc, gabled roof. On the first level, the house has a clothesline. To the far right, the house has concrete stairs without railing. In addition, in the front part of the second floor there is a balcony surrounded by a wooden railing sustained by fine, wooden columns. It is decorated with hanging flower pots and in the upper part, it has a metallic awning. The door is a screen door and the windows are lattice-style, which are surrounded by wooden moldings. In the surrounding area there are other houses with similar characteristics.

Origin Name	CAJ_1014_N0002
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 Awninigs Straight stairs Windows Persiennes Moldings (structural elements) Swinging doors (doors) Screen doors Automobiles Flowerpots Streets Sidewalks People (agents)
Decolonial Subject	Conception of Progress Domestic Work
Rights	English Rights. (hyperlink)
Editor	Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format	JPEG
Resource Type	Image