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

Citation

“1894-1904 Ornamental Brick for Street Paving Glen Crossing Road in Glen Carbon, Illinois,” Madison Historical, accessed April 26, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/2172.

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Description

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.

Subjects

  • industry
  • technology
  • Glen Carbon

Contributor

  • Wein, Erwin

Date

1894 - 1904

Type

  • Object

Format

  • jpg

Coverage

  • Glen Carbon
  • 1894-1904

Identifier

  • Abdul-Rasheed-Ameenah-O-001
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