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Making adobe bricks, New Mexico, circa 1915-1930

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Summary:Making adobe bricks, New Mexico, circa 1915-1930. Caption reads: "The house of an Indian or a Mexican has only one item of cost-labor. They build them of adobe brick, clay and chopped straw dried in the sun ; have only the one room, with a dirt floor and roof. The houses resist heat and cold remarkably well." Postcard number: H-1351; Message included.
Provider:Fred Harvey (Firm)
Century:1901-2000
Temporal subject: 1911-1920
1921-1930
Geographical subject – Continent:North America
Geographical subject – Country:United States of America
Geographical subject – Region:New Mexico
Topical subjects:Adobe houses
Building materials
Genre:Postcards
Postcards
ArchivesUM location:National Trust Library Postcard Collection
Repository:National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection
Browse terms:Economics, Business, Commerce, Labor
Copyright holder:unknown
Collection:National Trust Library Historic Postcard Collection
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