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Brick drying in Melinci

document

unknown author

1935

paper

Melinci was long known for making brick, or “cigel”. The clay deposit, the workforce and the skilled craftsmen who knew the art of brick making and firing contributed to the survival of brick making until the 1970s. Most important, however, was the economic aspect: industrial bricks were too expensive. Every day, 4,000 raw bricks were made. The blatar prepared and mixed the clay, the foringaš shaped the brick in a brick model, while the odnašarca dried the bricks in a room dedicated to this purpose. The 1935 photograph shows drying bricks in two large piles.

Information on digitization

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Name of site

Melinci

Other settlement names

Muramelence, Melincz

Length

2 fotografiji

Place of origin/discovery

Melinci

Name of institution or personage holding object; identification number of object

Pokrajinski arhiv Maribor / Maribori Területi Levéltár Arhivski fond: SI_PAM/1702 Zbirka albumov fotografij in razglednic, TE 20, ovoj 2-16, F-4/129, F-4/130, SI_PAM/1702/005/002/001_00050

Written sources

Pšajd, J., 2012. Ciglarstvo na Melincih. V: Glasnik Slovenskega etnološkega društva, številka 1/4, 2012. Str. 121–122.
https://www.dlib.si/stream/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-IH8P0BLY/4bc302b1-ed15-4302-8484-165a12890c33/PDF

Web page

Jelka Pšajd: »Ciglarstvo na Melincih«, v Glasnik Slovenskega etnološkega društva, številka 1/4, 2012, str. 121–122 https://www.dlib.si/stream/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-IH8P0BLY/4bc302b1-ed15-4302-8484-165a12890c33/PDF

File name

PAM_072_B_0002

Resolution

1200 x 1200 dpi

Restrictions on use

Brez omejitev

Date of documentation

2018-10-16

Person documenting

Ksenija Rojht, Gordana Šövegeš Lipovšek

Photo gallery

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