A solid style, ground molded brick from an unknown architectural structure. The brick is rectangular in shape and is dark reddish brown in color with heavy wear and losses on the surfaces, corners, and edges. Each of the brick’s faces is covered in a layer…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.21.25
A solid style, sand cast brick from an unknown architectural structure. The brick is rectangular in shape and is dark reddish brown in color with some wear and losses on the surfaces and edges. About three quarters of one of the brick’s faces is covered in…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.21.26
A solid style, ground molded brick from an unknown architectural structure. The brick is rectangular in shape and is reddish brown in color with some wear and losses on the surfaces and edges. One of the brick’s faces is covered in thick patches of grayish…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.21.27
A solid style, ground molded brick from an unknown architectural structure. The brick is rectangular in shape and is reddish brown in color with some wear and losses on the surfaces and edges. Slightly more than half of one of the brick’s faces is covered…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.21.28
A solid style, ground molded brick from an unknown architectural structure. The brick is rectangular in shape and is bright terracotta red with some wear and losses on the exposed surfaces and edges. On one of the brick’s faces is covered in a very thick…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.21.29
A solid style brick from an unknown architectural structure. The brick is rectangular in shape and its color is primarily grayish brown with some areas of reddish-brown visible in a small exposed area. The brick is roughly textured with significant wear…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.21.30
A solid style, hand formed brick from an unknown architectural structure. The brick is rectangular in shape and its color ranges from reddish brown to grayish brown in color. The brick is roughly textured with significant wear and losses on the surfaces…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.21.31
A solid style, ground molded brick from an unknown architectural structure. The brick is rectangular in shape and dark reddish brown mottled with grayish brown discolorations. There is some wear and losses of the brick’s surfaces and edges. One of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.21.35
A solid style, extruded brick from an unknown architectural structure. The brick is rectangular in shape, has smooth surfaces, and is uniformly a dark reddish brown. One of the brick’s faces has some faint dark discolorations at the center, air bubbles,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.21.36
A solid style, ground molded brick from an unknown architectural structure. The brick is rectangular in shape and is a dark reddish brown. On one of the brick’s faces are small patches of grayish white mortar residue along the stretcher and header sides.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.21.37
A solid style brick from an unknown architectural structure. The brick is rectangular in shape and is primarily grayish brown in color. There is a thick layer of mortar covering the entire surface of one of the brick’s faces. The other face has a large…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.21.38
A twentieth century brick from the Southern United States. It is a solid style, hand extruded brick. The rectangular brick is dark reddish brown in color with small patches of white salt efflorescence on the surfaces. The Old Slave Mart Museum catalog…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.21.8
A brick fragment from Goatfield Plantation, currently known as Brick House Plantation. The fragment is constructed from unfired mudbrick with tiny black rock inclusions. The dark reddish-brown fragment is bell-shaped with two flattened sides, and the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.21.19
A solid clay brick, a medium beige in color, with uneven edges and surfaces, taken from the brick house built built and kept by Nelson Davis and Harriet Tubman. Unven coloring throughout.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.225
A reddish brown clay rectangular brick formerly used on the chimney of a house. The brick has several deep fissures and long cracks. There are large chunks missing, including at two different corners and in several places along one of the long side edges.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.81
A brick, made by an enslaved person, from the Medway Plantation, Goose Creek, South Carolina. The brick was found at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. It is a solid style, fired brick constructed from a ground press mold. The rectangular brick is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.21.6
A brick from Virginia-Cleveland Hall at Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute. The brick is rectangular in shape and is tan in color with darker grey areas throughout. The brick is cracked in several places and is pitted.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.228
A brick, made by an enslaved person, from an unknown architectural structure in Charleston, South Carolina. It is a solid style, fired brick. The rectangular brick is dark reddish brown in color with surfaces and edges that are heavily worn. There is a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.21.10
A brick, made by an enslaved person, from an unknown architectural structure in Charleston, South Carolina. It is a solid style, sand struck molded, fired brick. The rectangular brick is dark reddish brown in color with worn surfaces, edges, and corners.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.21.11
A brick, made by an enslaved person, from an unknown architectural structure in Charleston, South Carolina. It is a solid style, brick composed of crushed aggregate with red clay, heavy deposits of grayish-white mortar, and a red terracotta fragment. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.21.12
A brick, made by an enslaved person, from an unknown architectural structure in Charleston, South Carolina. It is a solid style, sand cast brick. The rectangular brick is dark reddish brown in color with worn surfaces, edges, and corners. The Old Slave…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.21.13
A brick, made by an enslaved person, from an unknown architectural structure in Charleston, South Carolina. It is a solid style, hand formed brick with black marks from firing. The rectangular brick is dark reddish brown in color with worn surfaces, edges,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.21.16
A brick, made by an enslaved person, from an unknown architectural structure in Charleston, South Carolina. It is a solid style, hand formed brick. The rectangular brick is dark reddish brown in color with worn and chipped surfaces, edges, and corners. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.21.17
A brick, made by an enslaved person, from an unknown architectural structure in Port Royal, Virginia. It is a solid style, sand cast brick. The rectangular brick has heavily worn surfaces and edges. There are losses at all of the edges and corners. Half of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.21.21
