The flagship class at Northern New Mexico Community College, taught by Quentin Wilson, will be April 28 to May 9 in El Rito, NM. The class is Arches, Domes and Vaults, ADOB 112 and tuition is $54 plus $30 for fees and administrative items. Possible lecturers are Simone Swan and Greg Seelhorst who has 9 years experience in Africa and association with John Norton’s Woodless Construction. For more information visit the Quentin Wilson Website.
Mexican Adobe Home
The title of this photo postcard reads, “Mexican adobe home with bake ovens in front”. Date unknown. Possibly New Mexico.
Santa Clara Pueblo
Santa Clara Pueblo, Rio Arriba County NM circa 1920.
Albuquerque Adobe Making
Making adobes in Albuquerque. Date unknown.
Adobe Resource
Quentin Wilson is the “The Adobe Building Resource of Northern New Mexico”.
Taos Pueblo
Taos Pueblo, circa 1914.
Socorro
Old Adobe House, Socorro, New Mexico. Date Unknown.
New Mexico 1943
Chili Peppers drying on adobe house. New Mexico. Postmarked Santa Fe N MEX Feb 1943
Taos Pueblo
The caption on this postcard reads, “TAOS PUEBLO, NM – APPEARING MUCH THE SAME TODAY AS THEY HAVE FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS, THESE APARTMENT-LIKE DWELLINGS ARE CONSTRUCTED OF ADOBE (MUD BRICKS). THE IGLOO SHAPED STRUCTURES IN THE FOREGROUND ARE NATIVE OVENS, USED BY THE INDIAN WOMEN FOR ALL TYPES OF BAKING, ESPECIALLY BREAD.”
Isleta
Cutting and Drying of Adobe Bricks-Isleta, N.M. 1940’s.