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Historic Photos From Brick & Terra Cotta Companies

Source:
New York State Museum 54th Annual Report of the Regents, 1900, Vol. 2 Museum Bulletins 35-36.
Albany: University of the State of New York, 1902


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General view Brush & Schmidt brick works, Jewettville

Stiff mud brick-making machine, with cutting table. Brush & Schmidt, Jewettville.

Simpson dry press brick machine. Brush & Schmidt, Jewettville, Erie County.

Drying floor heated by hot air flues. the bricks on it are stiff mud ones. Brush & Schmidt, Jewettville.

View in the modeling department of the N.Y. Architectural Terra Cotta Co.

Molding terra cotta, showing the green clay being pressed into the mold

Modeling clay for terra cotta. N.Y. Architectural Terra Cotta Co.

View in the modeling department of the N.Y. Architectural Terra Cotta Co.



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