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    Uniform Title

    The Bryant Slides Collection

    Photo Description

    Barbados is known for its traditional homes, “chattel houses,” because they could be disassembled and moved. Originally, these dwellings were built for plantation workers. Later, they were built by freed slaves and sharecroppers, who usually built the dwelling on blocks close to main roads so that they could be easily relocated as many were not landowners but rather tenants. Hallmarks of chattel house construction are steep gable roofs (to deflect wind and rain) and wood panel walls. The wooden jalousie windows on hinges and fretwork around windows offered shade and protection against the rain. Slide labeled Barb 17 typical house.

    Keywords

    Dwellings -- Barbados -- 1960-1970; Architecture, Caribbean -- Barbados; Architecture, Domestic -- Barbados

    Date Original

    1968-02

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    image/jpeg

    Size Original

    35 mm

    Place

    Barbados

    Identifier

    DP0003455

    Identifier (Genre)

    Transparencies

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    Barbados Slides

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    Keywords

    Dwellings -- Barbados -- 1960-1970; Architecture, Caribbean -- Barbados; Architecture, Domestic -- Barbados

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