Center of Southwest Studies

Collection  P 003:
Theodore Hetzel photographs:
Group B.5.g: Tohono O'odham Indians

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Title:

Pit of mesquite logs to make charcoal
Date/circa:  1960/1969
Photographer: Hetzel, Theodore B. (Kennett Square, Pa.)
Subjects: Tohono O'Odham Indians|vPictorial works; Pima County (Ariz.)
Notes: Photo of mesquite logs in a rectangular pit for the process of making charcoal. One end of the pit appears to have adobe bricks blocking in one end of the pit. Seven men are standing near the pit of logs with a large cylindrical tank parked behind them and the pit. This project is to make charcoal from mesquite commercially and was a community enterprise.
Call number:  SW P003B5gFol4Item17

Links to other digitized images in the Theodore Hetzel photographs collection:

Group A:  Photos of topics pertaining to Indians Group B:  Photos of Indians Group C:  Photos pertaining to the Indian Rights Association and related organizations

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