Color: Black; Blue; Brown; Yellow
"The Story of Brick," issued by the American Face Brick Association, 1926. The 63-page book has a brown paper cover with a brown brick design on the front and a red and tan border. At the center of the top is the title in black. Below this and within a rectangle is a color drawing of a courtyard with a fountain at the left. At the right is a stairway, and at the center of the background is a two-story home. The name of the company is in gold at the center of the back. At the beginning of the inside is a photograph of a brick garden wall in Pasadena and a title page. There is much information about brick and its use in construction including brick in history; the basic requirements in building; home construction; using face brick; costs; conservation of timber; and aesthetics and affordability. Also included are many black and white photographs of brick structures. With abrasions; creases; dents at the corners; fading of the gold lettering on the back; surface soiling; and tears at the top and bottom of the spine, the object is in overall fair condition.
Lexicon
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Architecture, Building, Bricks, Building materials
Search Terms
Three-dimensional, Books, American Face Brick Association, Architecture--Details, Building, Brick, Architecture, Domestic, Brickworks, Brickmaking
