1894-1904 Ornamental Brick for Street Paving Glen Crossing Road in Glen Carbon, Illinois

“1894-1904 Ornamental Brick for Street Paving Glen Crossing Road in Glen Carbon, Illinois,” Madison Historical, accessed December 22, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/2172.

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This ornamental brick is one of many bricks meant to pave the streets of Glen Carbon around 1984-1904. This brick was photographed as a part of a Madison Historical class visit to Liberty Middle School in February 2020. It was brought to class by Ameena Abdul-Rasheed, whose grandmother recieved the brick from Erwin Wein. Erwin Wein's father worked in the company that mass-produced these bricks around the turn of the century.

2020 Liberty Middle School Class Visit

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