Creator: Morris, Nelson

Date: 1944-05

Description:


Caption: Raymundo Feliciano's mother looking out over typical Aruban cactus fence surrounding the house. Cactus fences are most economical, most protective boundary markers in Aruba. Housewifes also use them to dry the wash.
Photographer: Nelson Morris (Standard Oil Company of New Jersey)
April-May 1944
1 b&w photograph; 8.91 x 8.96 cm.
Part of the LAGO Picture Collection

Courtesy of Biblioteca Nacional Aruba, the National Library of Aruba.
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Notes:
See also Aruba Esso News, February 28, 1947, p. 4.. Papiamento: "Mescos cu tur otro caminda na mundo, Aruba tambe tin su tiendanan chikito, generalmente den un cuarto di e casnan di biba. Stock no ta grandi, pero toch e tiendecitanan ta masha conveniente pa esnan cu ta biba den vecindario. Riba e potret nos ta mira Rosa Feliciano, señora di Cerilio Feliciano di Masons & Insulators, den su tienda." English: "As everywhere in the world, Aruba has its tiny stores, usually in a room of the house and with a limited stock, but handy for the people who live nearby. This one is run by Rosa Feliciano, wife of Cerilio Feliciano of the Masons & Insulators.





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