Talbisa: Sun-Dried Brick Makers

Date: 1938

Photographer John D. Whiting (d. 1951), who also worked as a tour guide, captured a photograph in Talbisa (Telbiseh or Tell Biseh), northern Syria, documenting the process of making sun-dried bricks. See also: Mason; Clay Merchant.

Citation: Whiting, J. D. & Matson, G. E., photographer. (1938) Diary in Photos, vol. IV, 1938. [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, (last consulted: 13 February 2017).

Tell Biseh/Talbisa: Brick Production
Date: 1938

Photographer John D. Whiting who also worked as a tour guide captured a photograph in Tell Biseh/Talbisa which documented the sun drying process of brick production in this area of North Syria.
Citation: Whiting, J. D. & Matson, G. E., photographer. (1938) Diary in Photos, vol. IV, 1938.

Online Text: Retrieved from the Library of Congress