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[Adobe Bricks]

Postcard image of three boys wearing hats and overalls, posing with their pet goat in front of an adobe brick house, with the text "Adobe Bricks" handwritten in the lower-left corner. There is a large pile of adobe bricks on the left side of the image and a desert hill visible in the background. The back of the postcard reads: "Better keep these cards G.M. May send you some interesting ones later on. Signed, Walter." The postcard is addressed to: Miss G.M. Horne, Portland Maine, Box 365 a… more

Date: August 1913

Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: El Paso Public Library

Man Sitting in a Veranda

A man sits on a stool in the veranda of an adobe house.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Cattle Raisers Museum

[Adobe Home]

Photograph of an adobe home. Visible on the right side of the picture is a woman with her back to the camera, and on the left side of the home there is a chicken wire fence.

Date: unknown

Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Texas A&M University Kingsville

[Adobe House]

Photograph of an adobe house and several people sitting and standing around it. A child is standing by the door. A woman holding a baby animal is standing near the side of the house. Three adults and two children are sitting and standing on the roof of the house. They are also holding animals. The house is built into the side of a cliff. A note in the lower right corner says, "Duncan Photo 1442 The Rio Grande."

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[House]

Photograph of an adobe brick house. The porch is supported by wooden beams.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Adobe House]

Photograph of a small adobe house. There electric poles and power lines behind the house, as well as other small houses.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Adobe House]

Photograph of a small adobe house. There electric poles and power lines behind the house, as well as other small houses.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Adobe House]

Photograph of a small adobe house. There is a pile of trash on the side of the house, and a fence in the background.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

The Adobe House: A Paper Presented to the History Department of Marfa High School

Research paper written by Mary Francis Conners about the construction of adobe bricks and buildings. The paper describes what adobe is and where adobe buildings are normally found. This paper was written in in January of 1977 for a history class at Marfa High School.

Date: January 1977

Creator: Conners, Mary Francis

Item Type: Text

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Foundation for Adobe House]

Photograph of the foundation for an adobe house. There is a large pile of dirt in the foreground.

Date: 1972

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Adobe Bricks]

Photograph of adobe bricks drying outside. They will later be used to build a house nearby. There are short adobe walls in the foreground. In the background are other small buildings.

Date: 1972

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Wild Cane]

Photograph of wild cane that will be used for roofing material for an adobe house. The wild cane is in a pile on the ground next to an adobe building. The building has no roof.

Date: 1972

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Adobe House]

Photograph of an adobe house. The house does not yet have a roof. The foundation, doors and windows have been completed.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library