Brick from a cistern found at Florida A&M University
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1890
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: A clay brick that was once part of a cistern found on the campus of Florida A&M University. The brick appears to have been a standard solid style brick previously, but now it has an irregular shape, perhaps cut into its current shape when it was removed from the cistern. The front of the brick is a rich, reddish brown color, with irregular cuts across the surface. The proper right and bottom sides are covered with gray-colored mortar. The top, proper left and back sides of the brick are flat and weathered, with the appearance of retaining their original shape from when the brick was fired. The top side has regular incisions cut into its surface. At the proper-right corner, there is a small segment of an adjoining brick still attached to the mortar. The mortar is 3/8 inch thick on the bottom side and 3/4 inch thick on the right side.
place: label: Place used
content: Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Architecture
label: Topic
content: Building Arts
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Segregation
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Buildings and Structures
label: Exhibition
content: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Florida AandM University
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.179
objectType: label: Type
content: blocks (shaped masses)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: building brick and mortar
label: Dimensions
content: Overall with Weight: 2 1/2 x 9 x 3 1/2 in., 4.5 lb. (6.4 x 22.9 x 8.9 cm, 2 kg)