Title:
Cuba - Province of Matanzas - Near Cardenas: A few miles outside of Cardenas, second port city of the Province, is extensive
farm lands, some of it owned by small farmers and some of it by large sugar interests. This bohio is owned by the farmer who,
on his horse, is just ready to return to the fields of his small farm after the noonday period of rest and lunch. The bohio
house used by farm people in the country is built with the high, steeply pitched roof made of palm fronds. The old style in
bohio construction called for side walls made of palm bark with the palm frond roof, but today they are generally built with
side walls of wood clapboard like this one of stucco. The tall bohio roof still tops them for it is a great protection against
the tropical heat of the island, keeping the interior of the house and its occupants much cooler than it is outside.
Creator:
James C. Sawders
Subject:
Facilities
Agricultural facilities
Farms
Farmers
Animals
Horses
Dwellings
Houses
Farm houses
Description:
Cuba - Province of Matanzas - Near Cardenas: A few miles outside of Cardenas, second port city of the Province, is extensive
farm lands, some of it owned by small farmers and some of it by large sugar interests. This bohio is owned by the farmer who,
on his horse, is just ready to return to the fields of his small farm after the noonday period of rest and lunch. The bohio
house used by farm people in the country is built with the high, steeply pitched roof made of palm fronds. The old style in
bohio construction called for side walls made of palm bark with the palm frond roof, but today they are generally built with
side walls of wood clapboard like this one of stucco. The tall bohio roof still tops them for it is a great protection against
the tropical heat of the island, keeping the interior of the house and its occupants much cooler than it is outside.
Publisher:
Keystone View Company
Contributor:
Gifford M. Mast
Date:
1948
Type:
Photography
Format:
Keystone photo print 7.18 in. x 4.18 in.
Identifier:
1996.0009.KU104128.SS
Language:
eng
Coverage:
North and Central America
Cuba
Matanzas
Latitude: 21 30 N
Longitude: 080 00 W
Rights:
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Cuba - Province of Matanzas - Near Cardenas: A few miles outside of Cardenas, second port city of the Province, is extensive
farm lands, some of it owned by small farmers and some of it by large sugar interests. This bohio is owned by the farmer who,
on his horse, is just ready to return to the fields of his small farm after the noonday period of rest and lunch. The bohio
house used by farm people in the country is built with the high, steeply pitched roof made of palm fronds. The old style in
bohio construction called for side walls made of palm bark with the palm frond roof, but today they are generally built with
side walls of wood clapboard like this one of stucco. The tall bohio roof still tops them for it is a great protection against
the tropical heat of the island, keeping the interior of the house and its occupants much cooler than it is outside.