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Photograph of unidentified family: mother and father and two young children. Janice Pennington Collection.
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Photograph of unidentified family sitting on bridge. Janice Pennington Collection.
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Squirrel on the same porch that is photographed in 'Unidentified family sitting on house porch.' Janice Pennington Collection.
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Photograph of unidentified family: mother and father with two young children. This family may have worked in the brick yards. Janice Pennington Collection.
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Photograph of unidentified family: mother and father with two young children. Janice Pennington Collection.
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Brick making was often a family business that included children, parents, and maybe a hired hand or two. Sun-dried bricks were stacked, 20,000-50,000 at a time, creating their own kiln. Plastered with mud to limit air, a fire was kindled and carefully monitored to harden bricks. Janice Pennington Collection.
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Clay was packed into three-brick molds which were then dumped on the ground in long rows to sun dry. This unidentified boy may have been responsible for the thousands of bricks drying around him. Most of Salida’s buildings are made of this soft, red local brick. Janice Pennington Collection.
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A. B. Stein is now a Master Mechanic, and is pictured with his family in front of their house in Smeltertown. The children are pictured left to right: • Walter, age 10 • Alfred, age 8 • Martin, age 6 • Frances age 2. R.M. Stein Collection.
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The Steins (France, Walter, Alfred, and Martin) in front of their house looking north. Smeltertown's warehouse and assay office are in background. R.M. Stein
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Brick making was often a family business that included children, parents, and maybe a hired hand or two. Sun-dried bricks were stacked, 20,000-50,000 at a time, creating their own kiln. Plastered with mud to limit air, a fire was kindled and carefully monitored to harden bricks. Janice Pennington Collection.
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Looking North on F Street, before the S was installed on Tenderfoot Mountain. Alice Chinn Collection.
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Brick making was often a family business that included children, parents, and maybe a hired hand or two. Sun-dried bricks were stacked, 20,000-50,000 at a time, creating their own kiln. Plastered with mud to limit air, a fire was kindled and carefully monitored to harden bricks. Janice Pennington Collection.
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Photograph of unidentified family: mother and father with two young children. Janice Pennington Collection.
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Photograph of unidentified family: mother and father with two young children. Father is holding rifle. Janice Pennington Collection.