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Description
Photograph of Mexican Americans workmen pausing for the camera as they make adobe bricks at the Casa Verdugo, ca.1900-1920. Two men (at left) are carrying a wooden stretcher filled with dirt, which appears to have been dug from the ground next to them where two shovels lay dug into the ground. A man on the right looks onward as the two men carry away the stretcher. Another man, on elevated grounds, stands near about a dozen rows of processed adobe bricks, which needs to be baked by the sun. Behind him are stacks of dried adobe bricks. To the left of the stacks of dried adobe bricks is a railroad track. Two rows of poles (utility?) line parallel with the railroad tracks. The men are wearing denim jeans, and buttoned up shirts. One man is wearing overalls. They all are wearing hats. Three of them have on sombreros.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, photonegative, b&w 26 x 21 cm., 13 x 10 cm. glass plate negatives negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Adobe houses Mexican Americans Adobe brick Brickmaking Los Angeles--Sonora Town--Architecture--Domestic Los Angeles County--Glendale--Architecture Californios Verdugo Casa Verdugo Industrial sites
Time Period
circa 1900/1920
Place
California Glendale Los Angeles USA
Source
1-15-65 [Microfiche number] 5196 [Accession number] CHS-5196 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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