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Stacked Logs

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Description: Long lines of stacked logs at the Halcyon Brickyard.
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Men near Brick Kiln

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Description: Man posing in the doorway of a brick kiln.
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Brickmaking Plant

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Description: Brick plant, possibly the one at Haley, six to seven miles up the river from Black River Falls. May also be a sawmill, as piles of lumber are in the foregr...
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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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Nevada Brick and Tile Works

Date: 1908
Description: The factory and yard at the Nevada Brick and Tile Works. Caption reads: "Nevada Brick and Tile Works, Nevada, Iowa."
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Scene Along Fox River

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Description: View of the Fox River. Small boats are docked along the left bank where factory buildings stand. The facade features advertisements for Wrigley's Spearmint...
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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

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Description: Elevated view from opposite shoreline of Halcyon Brick Works on the shore of a river. Trees, fields and hills are in the far background.
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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: Outdoor view across yard towards a man posing standing by a group of buildings, including a tall wooden building in the background. There is a large kiln o...
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Halcyon Brick Works

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Description: View across yard towards buildings, including a tall wooden building. On the right is a large kiln, with fuel wood stacked in front. Identified as the yard...
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Halcyon Brick Works

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Description: View across field towards tall chimneys, wooden buildings, and a large kiln. Identified as the Halcyon Brick Works, approximately halfway between Black Riv...
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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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