Ornamental brick fragment from the Chattahoochee Brick Company
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1886
name: label: Created by
content: Chattahoochee Brick Company, American, 1878 - 1970s
notes: label: Description
content: A terracotta colored brick fragment from the Chattahoochee Brick Company. The fragment displays a partial ornamental molded design on one face. The visible portion of the design consists of a nearly complete molded circlular ring, surrounded by two partial circles on one side. The fragment matches a Chattahoochee Brick Company catalogue for an ornamental brick design "No. 45" consisting of one circular ring surrounded by four half circle rings to form a geometric floral motif, with two "flowers" per brick.
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: 2020.23.1
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: 3 × 4 × 2 1/4 in. (7.6 × 10.2 × 5.7 cm)