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| Title: | Tohono O'Odham men covering a pit with dirt 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 several Tohono O'Odham men covering a large pit with dirt for the process of making charcoal from mesquite while a number of other men look on. The men are shoveling dirt onto a pile that has several pipes coming out of the buried pit. A pile of mesquite logs can be seen in the foreground of the image with a man resting his foot on a log. This project is to make charcoal from mesquite commercially and was a community enterprise. | |
| Call number: | SW P003B5gFol4Item06 |
| 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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