Vernacular Camelback, Puerto Real - PRAHA

Vernacular Camelback, Puerto Real

Description

Main façade of a one-story house in the coastal town of Fajardo. The house is wooden and has a zinc roof. It is surrounded by a metallic bar fence followed by a front garden. The garden is decorated with plants, a grotto with the Virgin Mary, and some concrete benches. It has a porch surrounded by a low wall with plants in decorative pots. Also, there is a metal awning surrounding the porch. The house has jalousie windows surrounded by wooden moldings. Above the house, there is a structure of a lesser size but similar characteristics.
Origin Name
CAJ_0073_F0003_R
Relation
Archivo de Arquitectura y Construcción de la Universidad de Puerto Rico > Colección Carol F. Jopling > Album fotos a color
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 information is clarified: "Fotógrafo: Carol F. Jopling, estudiantes de arquitectura o Earth Watch Volunteers." On the back of the image, there are handwritten notes that read: "166 CAJ|0073|F0003." On the back of the image, there is a stamp that reads "Print made by KODAK Oct 79." 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
  • Benches (furniture)
  • Plank construction
  • Zinc
  • Grilles (barrier elements)
  • Fences (site elements)
  • Awnings
  • Windows
  • Moldings (object components)
  • Balconies
  • Flowerpots
  • Palm trees
  • Gardens (open spaces)
Decolonial Subject
Rights
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Editor
Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format
JPEG
Resource Type
Image
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