Brick from the Chattahoochee Brick Company
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century - early 20th century
name: label: Created by
content: Chattahoochee Brick Company, American, 1878 - 1970s
notes: label: Description
content: A complete brick, crudely shaped, with mortar still adhered. On one face is a fresh break at the corner and another fresh break along one of the long edges where there is still mortar. The opposite face has air bubbles under the surface. The brick is red in color with purple mottling throughout, suggesting exposure to higher firing temperatures.
place: label: Place used
content: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Architecture
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Finance
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Prisons
label: Topic
content: Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
label: Topic
content: Skilled labor
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Buildings and Structures
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Daniel Scott, Preservationist
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2020.23.2
objectType: label: Type
content: blocks (shaped masses)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: brick
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 4 × 6 3/4 × 2 in. (10.2 × 17.1 × 5.1 cm)