Commercial street
Description
Commercial street with multi-story buildings. The first floors are local businesses with showcases: "Ferretería Ramírez", "La tienda Nueva", there is a hanging sign, "Sundial shoes for the Family". Along the sidewalk, there are several street vendors. Two fruit and vegetable stalls on carts, a snow-cone cart, and a car with merchandise over it. There are persons (adults and children) passing. One of the buildings has a curved, cantilevered balcony.| Origin Name |
Folio 0015, Caja 145_R
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| Relation |
Archivo General de Puerto Rico > Colección Particular Felisa Rincón de Gautier (CP 85) > Serie Fotografías > Tema Obras Públicas > Caja 0145
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| Geographical Coverage |
San Juan
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| Date |
[1946-1968?]
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| Descriptive Notes |
Title assigned by the cataloguing team.
Back. Stamp: "General Archive of Puerto Rico Felisa Rincón de Gautier Collection box #145 photo #15
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| Descripción decolonial |
There are a large number of people shopping in local stores in San Juan, Puerto Rico. One of the stores is the Ramirez hardware store and the other is called La Tienda Nueva. In both stores, two signs can be seen in English: Pabco Paint for the hardware store and Sundial Shoes for the new store. The change of signs to the English language in a Spanish-speaking population is a form of semiotic coloniality. There is an alienation of knowledge to Americanize the population so that they learn the English language. The production of local goods has plummeted as consumer capitalism accelerates on the island, and the social dynamics of spaces in the metropolitan area will depend more on the importation of goods.
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| Rights |
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| Editor |
Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
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| Resource Format |
JPEG
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| Resource Type |
Image
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