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Photographer: James King
Taken: November 24, 2012
Caption: Adobe Bricks
Additional Description: San Antonio Mission is constructed of sun-dried unburnt bricks. Mission adobes were generally 11" by 23" by 4" and weighed about 60 pounds. These dirt bricks were made of mud with straw which was pressed into wooden molds. When the frames were lifted, the bricks were first left to dry flat on the ground then set on edge to cure in the sun.
Submitted: December 1, 2012, by James King of San Miguel, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p227558
File Size: 4.689 Megabytes

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