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I passed by that building a couple of weeks ago when I was trough LV. I will have to investigate a little more when I get back that way.
Does anyone know about the old brick plant out near the old coal mine (ghost town) of Hagan?
_yb: Could you figure your time and trouble and send me 3 ancho bricks. Email me a snail mail address for the check, and the amount and I will send it to you. USPS please. Chris
Oh be still my heart! I discovered you brick collectors this past spring. I'm a dual citizen of New Mexico and Scotland and did an exchange w/ one of your brick guys in Tulsa. We swapped a Scotland Stein for a Missouri Green!
I collect a brick-a-day over here in Scotland in the river and am lining my garden with them. Got into the history of 19th century brickworks over here, because of it, got some copies of your newsletter, etc. Brick collectors rule!
Wow, what a post. Seems like I was at the Tulsa swap. Did it start with a barbed wire auction? Small world if it is the same one............How are things. Dual citizenship. What a concept. That is a first for me.
http://www.tlgwindpower.com/tweety/images/bricks/Kansas_Kentucky/KS-DontSpitONTheSdwkltrsSameSiz.jpg (broken link)Barbed wire collections, especially the one shown here are fascinating. To view basically the entire history of one item is very thorough. Clem as you stated, is a past president of the IBCA and has several structures on his property devoted to brick collecting, plus he has a "traders" pile that one can sift through to find a "special" addition to their collection. The "Don't spit on the sidewalk" you mentioned was actually an combined effort by the Capital City Vitrified Brick and Paving Company a Dr. Crumbine of Coffeyville. The Company did not really want to stamp the bricks as Dr. Crumbine suggested, but agreed to stamp every fourth brick with the slogan in order to get the doctor to leave them alone. Other brick makers in the state apparently picked up the slogan, including the Coffeyville Vitrified Brick and Tile Company. The slogan was "Don't spit on the sidewalk". I don't remember the disease that this was ment to help limit, sorry. Picture of brick by Rose Brick Yard . This site has one of the best online collections on the web. Stopby sometime and check it out. Chris
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How cool! A barbed wire exhibit! I love that. I didn't realize there were so many styles. I've been intrigued by old barbed wire for a long time...say, which town in NM has that exhibit, do you know?
Chris, that's the brick! It was TB, the disease, I'm told. Yes, Clem is a hoot, we had such a great tour of his brick museum, unbelievable. And we brought him a Scottish one to add...what we did was trade a Green for a Stein, as those two brick guys were friends (this was back during 1910-27, they visited each other) and traded firing secrets across the pond. Stein even shipped Scottish clay to Green to experiment on techniques. So I thought it would be a good idea to have a historical brick swap. Clem's collection really blew me away. We took some photaes of him w/ his collection, I have to get those from my husband's computer. I hope to send you guys an article for the newsletter soon.
It is so much fun getting into the history of it all. I've attended some brick history lectures over here too. I had to buy a pair of wellies so I could go tromping into the river to pull these bricks out. Here's a story about it and some photaes of the 19th century ones I find in the River Carron:
Now that I finished lining my back garden, I've started lining the one in front; I'm sure the neighbours think I'm that weird brick lady from America!
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