Modern Earth Building 2003

The Modern Earth Building 2003 conference and exhibition will be held October 24 to 26, 2003 in Berlin, Germany. The conference will be present a wealth of experiences gained in earth building in various countries as well as lectures by renowned speakers discussing current issues in earth building

El Paso

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Caption on the front of this postcard reads, “Old Mission Style of Adobe House, A Mexican Residence, W.H. Horne Co., El Paso, Tex.” and is postmarked from El Paso, Oct 20, 1919. Message on the back is “How would you like to live in a mud house like this?”

Tucson Post Office

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Color linen postcard of the US Post Office, Old Tucson, Tucson Mountain Park, Arizona. Mailed to Jackson Michigan 1947. Horseman with cowboy hat stands in front of old adobe brick building.

Pio Pico

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El Ranchito, Pio Pico Adobe, home of Pio Pico, the last Mexican Governor of California. Maywood, California, Nov 26, 1941

Chinese-American Earth Building

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The caption on this photo reads, “Historical Landmark, Adobe Building, Dutch Flat, California, circa 1960. Built by the Chinese in 1877. Instead of adobe bricks, they used a solid-wall type of construction. Dutch Flat California is a quaint old mining town of the Gold Rush Days, which in 1853 had a population of 6,000 including 3,5000 Chinese”. The solid-wall construction method probably refers to rammed earth.