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Buildings U

Description

Side-view of the details of a one-story, wooden house with a zinc roof, located in the town of Hatillo. The house is surrounded by a porch that has a low concrete wall sustained by columns. The porch is decorated with chairs and plants in decorative pots. Also visible are children's toys and tables with matching chairs. It has two double, wooden doors with aluminum, lattice-style windows. The rest of the windows are aluminum, lattice-style and are surrounded by wooden moldings, same as the door.
Origin Name
CAJ_1019_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
Hatillo
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
Architectural Subject
  • Houses
  • Plank construction
  • Zinc
  • Walls
  • Tables (support furniture)
  • Chairs (furniture forms)
  • Flowerpots
  • Swinging doors (doors)
  • Moldings (object components)
  • Porticoes
Decolonial Subject
Rights
English Rights. (hyperlink)
Editor
Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format
JPEG
Resource Type
Image
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