Borinquen Field Base Hangar No. 2
Description
Hangar under construction at the United States Army Borinquen Field Military Base in Aguadilla. There are various window openings on the side and the back. A portion of the rebar can be seen. There is a scaffold inside the structure. Various workers are seen working on the rebar construction in front of the hangar. To the left, another hangar can be seen.| Origin Name |
CJHO0034
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| Relation |
Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín > Sección X, Serie 3, Colección José H. Orraca
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| Geographical Coverage |
Aguadilla
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| Date |
1941-10-06
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| Descriptive Notes |
Title assigned by the cataloging team.
The front of the image has a printed inscription.
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| Descripción decolonial |
The Ramey Air Force Base Barracks on the outskirts of Aguadilla, known as Borinquen Field Base, serves as an emblem of military control and continued occupation of Puerto Rican territory as a colonial practice. In these spaces an air base was built where imposing buildings were erected to house a large number of planes and soldiers in preparation for a possible German incursion into the Caribbean. The acquisition of Puerto Rican lands for military purposes by the United States government, beginning in the 1930s, without local consent, is a clear example of territorial control and land appropriation. Many Puerto Rican families were displaced from those spaces to use them for strategic military purposes.
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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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