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[Handmade Tool]

Description: Photograph of a handmade tool consisting of two vertical posts supporting a horizontal dowel. There is a small wheel in the center of the dowel, and a rope hangs on the dowel to the left of the wheel.
Date: unknown
Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999
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[Jacal Home in the Rio Grande Valley #1]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified family posing outside the entrance to a jacal home. There is a man on the far left, holding a small dog and wearing a conical hat, two women in the middle, and a young child on the far right, standing near one corner of the house. The house behind them appears to have wood or mud walls with a thatched roof and the yard is enclosed by a stick fence. Handwriting on the back of the photo says "Typical 'jacal' found in the Rio Grande Valley up into the early 1900's.… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999
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[Jacal Home in the Rio Grande Valley #2]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified family posing outside the entrance to a jacal home. There is a man on the far left, holding a small dog and wearing a conical hat, two women in the middle, and a young child on the far right, standing near one corner of the house. The house behind them appears to have wood or mud walls with a thatched roof and the yard is enclosed by a stick fence. Handwriting on the back of the photo says "jacal in the Rio Grande Valley" and "Typical jacal found in the Rio Gran… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999
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The Jacal in the Big Bend: Its Origin and Evolution

Description: Draft of a paper tracing "the jacal from its pre-Hispanic origins in the pithouse to its emergence as a surface structure like those described by the earliest Spaniard soldiers and missionaries in the La Junta region." The author also identifies modern examples of the jacal that are still in use today; the paper includes a glossary and illustrations.
Date: unknown
Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999
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[Jacal Va in Val Verde]

Description: Photograph of jacal va in Val Verde, Municipio de Ojinaga, Chihuahua. This particular jacal was used for storage. The walls between the horcones (corner and center posts) are made of adobe brick.
Date: unknown
Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999
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