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Englehardt Farm

Date: 1905
Description: The manufacture of bricks was begun on this spot sometime in the latter 1860's by Henry Bretag, a German brickmaker, the father of Mrs. Englehardt. Brick ...
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Adobe Brickyard

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Description: A man works in an adobe brickyard with adobe structures in the background.
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Hillsborough Brewery and Brickyard

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Description: View looking down hill towards the buildings that make up the brickyard. Along the road between the brickyard and the brewery are a few men sitting in wago...
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Processing Facility

Date: 1902
Description: Men standing around a brick processing facility that may be near a body of water. A burn-barrel is in the foreground.
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Halcyon Brick Works

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Description: Halcyon Brick Works. A group of men are posed standing among the brick kilns and drying houses.
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Halcyon Brick Yard

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Description: Halcyon Brick Yard, men and a young boy are posed standing in front of and inside a wooden building with machinery.
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Building Block

Date: 09 1994
Description: "Mason Rueben Schuster displays a building block invented by his grandfather."
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Halcyon Brick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Outdoor view of a man with a wagon in the distance on the left. On the right is a shed, a tall wooden building and a tailing pile. Identified as the Halcyo...
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Brick Kiln at Halcyon Brick Works

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Description: A man is posing standing in front of a large kiln. Identified as a brick kiln at the Halcyon Brick Works.
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Halcyon Brick Works

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Description: View across yard towards a man posing standing near buildings, including a tall wooden building. Identified as the yard at the Halcyon Brick Works.
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Group Portrait of Three People with Brickworks in the Distance

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a man posing sitting, and two women posing standing on a fence ladder in a field. The Halcyon Brick Works is identified in the ba...
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Tom Hill's Brick Factory

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Description: Five women, three men, and a boy are posing on a wooden bridge between two wooden structures. Caption reads: "Edgar, Wis. Yard of Tom Hill's brick factory....
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Men Loading Bricks onto Truck

Date: 08 24 1928
Description: Four men are loading bricks onto the back of a truck. A man is sitting in the passenger seat of the cab. The sign on the passenger door reads: "Acme Brick ...

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