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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. A can of gasoline is situated near the pit of logs. This project is to make charcoal from mesquite commercially and was a community enterprise. |
Call number: | SW P003B5gFol4Item24 |
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