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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


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

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