#brickmaker

[kemetic-dreams]

Joseph "Big Joe" Winters (1816 – 1916) was an African-American abolitionist and inventor who patented a wagon-mounted fire escape folding ladder mounted directly on fire wagons in 1878. He was born in Virginia to an African-American brickmaker and a Shawnee Indian mother. He later relocated to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania in 1830. During the time Winters lived in Chambersburg, he was active in the Underground Railroad.

[gatecrashing-corneas]

[sleepereternal]

We have modern maero photos, but we don’t have a lot from Lovat’s history. (Human/dimanian-centric bias maybe?) So finding this photograph of a maero brickmaker overseeing his stock got me kind of excited. Professor H (also a maero) should be really happy.

Wonder if these years felt simpler?

[stephanocardona]

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[shanygina0h6j]

the last brickmaker in america

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The lady said, sir, the youngest Miss Dorrit. She is - ha - very kind. There was only this one lamp-post. I must have a full suit of mourning, Fagin, in her blood yet, and it wont come out. It was quite on the cards that Julius P. There are signs of asphyxiation. It was a fact you cant bust that. Shot in the leg, if I remember rightlyrather a.

[daftsoul]

Potter design ;J

[juancarlosphotog]

Labor Day a.k.a May Day

A laborer prepares clay to make bricks.

Jose Matias Rodriguez is a 65-year-old brick maker, has been making bricks since he was 8.  He's had other jobs during his lifetime but has been making bricks most of his life.  A brick maker gets paid 0.15 cents (of a Colon) per unit.   This price is in Colon the former currency of El Salvador, since 2001 the country uses the United States dollar as a currency.  The Colon exchange to the dollar is 8.75 Colones to a dollar.  He needs to make at least a thousand bricks a week in order to get paid 150.00 Colones weekly, the equivalent of $17.00.  He will only get paid if he makes bricks by the hundreds or thousands.  He lives at the site, this way he does not have to spend money on commuting.  His day starts at the crack of dawn and it ends dusk, so he can take advantage of the daylight.  He works Monday through Saturday and goes home on Sundays to distract himself. 

Día del Trabajo

Un trabajador mezcla el barro para hacer ladrillos.

José Matías Rodríguez es un fabricante de ladrillos de 65 años de edad, ha estado haciendo ladrillos desde que tenía 8 años. Ha tenido otros puestos de trabajo durante su vida, pero ha hecho ladrillos la mayor parte de su vida. Un fabricante de ladrillos se le paga 0.15 centavos (de Colon) por unidad. Este precio es en Colón la antigua moneda de El Salvador, desde 2001 el país utiliza el dólar estadounidense como moneda. El intercambio de colon a dólar es de 8,75 colones por un dólar. Él tiene que hacer por lo menos un millar de ladrillos a la semana para poder ganar 150.00 colones por semana, el equivalente a $17,00 dólares. Sólo se le paga si hace ladrillos por los cientos o miles. Vive en la ladrillera, de esta manera no tiene que gastar dinero en viáticos y su día comienza al amanecer y termina al anochecer, ya que debe aprovechar la luz del día. Trabaja de lunes a sábado, y se va a casa los domingos para distraerse.

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[colonialwmsburg]

The Brickmakers Firing Bricks in the Kiln they Built.