French Hotel - PRAHA

French Hotel

Description

Front view of a hotel located on the island municipality of Vieques. It is a one-story wooden hotel made with a hipped zinc roof. It has entrance stairs made of concrete that lead to the porch. The porch is surrounded by a railing of ornamental blocks supported by columns. It has wooden jalousie windows with a glass transom above them. In the front, there is a garden and a parked car. To the far right, there is a wooden fence.
Origin Name
CAJ_0120_F0003_R
Relation
Archivo de Arquitectura y Construcción de la Universidad de Puerto Rico > Colección Carol F. Jopling > Album fotos a color
Geographical Coverage
Vieques
Date
1979
Descriptive Notes
The title, date and address were provided by the Architecture and Construction Archive of the University of Puerto Rico (AACUPR). The file provided by the archive clarifies the following information: "Fotógrafo: Carol F. Jopling, estudiantes de arquitectura o Earth Watch Volunteers." On the back of the image, there are handwritten notes that read: "90 CAJ|0120|F0003." On the back of the image, there is a stamp that reads: "Print made by KODAK Oct 79." There are repeated photos of the same houses among the files of this collection because they document different photographic formats created for the research project led by Carol F. Jopling, which were taken on different instances in which they were visited (example: 35mm negatives, color, black and white, instant photography, photos that were clarified or with contrast).
Historical Background
Architectural Subject
  • Hotels (built public accommodations)
  • Automobiles
  • Gardens (open spaces)
  • Fences (site elements)
  • Straight stairs
  • Balconies
  • Columns (architectural elements)
  • Railings (balustrades)
  • Transoms (opening components)
  • Swinging doors (doors)
  • Trees (woody plants)
  • Blocks (ornamental)
  • Windows
Decolonial Subject
Rights
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Editor
Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format
JPEG
Resource Type
Image
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