These two Mexicans made adobe bricks for Mr. Miller's house which never was built. Thses[sic] men slept and cooked and lived in this ramada which they built of grease-wood branches. The bricks were destroyed when the Alamo River rose during the summer over-flow of the Colorado River. Year 1903
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A black-and-white, rectangular photograph depicts two men working outdoors near a ramada made of dense, leafy branches. One man stands centrally, wearing a light-colored hat, a long-sleeved shirt, and trousers, while the second man is partially obscured on the left, appearing to be seated or crouched near a flat, rectangular object. The ramada stands to the right, composed of a thick canopy of greasewood branches supported by a simple frame. The ground is flat and dusty, extending toward a light-colored, featureless horizon. The original photograph is mounted on a larger grey rectangular card, and a color calibration strip and a ruler are visible at the very bottom edge of the digitized frame. The text "These two Mexicans made adobe bricks for Mr. Miller's house which never was built. Thses[sic] men..." appears in white above the image within the digital interface. Image description generated by AI (Gemini 3.0 Fast) and reviewed, January 2026 .
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