House in Rural Area

Description

Girl and boy posing on the balcony of a shabby wooden house. The house is built on stilts, on a slope and has a gable roof. The balcony is built with thin logs and irregular boards, it is roofed with scraps of different materials. The walls of the house also have different materials and you can see gaps between the boards. There is a side door and in front of the door there is stacked firewood. In the background, you can see some mountains. One of the slopes, near the house, is cut down.

Origin Name	139--House in rural area
Relation	Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín > Colección Menonitas > John & Margaret Lehman
Geographical Coverage	Municipio desconocido | Unknown Municipality
Date	[195-]
Descriptive Notes	Title correction.
Historical Background	Architecture in Puerto Rico: Twentieth Century (1898-1940) Housing in Puerto Rico: Rural Housing
Architectural Subject	Rural areas Houses Plank construction Stilts (structural element) Gable roofs Balconies Hinged doors Firewood (fuel) Mountains (landforms) Slopes (landforms)
Decolonial Subject	Right to Shelter Precarious Population
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Editor	Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format	JPEG
Resource Type	Image