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 lithograph depicting three brick workers. The workers are depicted beneath an open archway of a building under construction, with a cityscape visible behind them. The men wear collared shirts and hats. The man on the left is holding a brick and in front…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.111.69
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 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…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.179
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 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…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2020.23.2
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 sepia toned digital image of woman sitting with her arms resting on her lap. A brick wall with windows and doors is in the background. Text below the image reads "1/6/2/64 - BRICK HOUSES - ARCHER@GREENWOD - TULSA, OK."
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.67.9
A steel brick jointer tool, manufactured by Marshalltown. Each end has a different size curve, for making different sized joints. Left curve is larger than right, and the curve points down on the left, while the right end points up. Etched in the center…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.260.10
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
