IMPORTED AND OUT-OF-STATE BRICKS
Brand name: COLUMBIA 2 / NG McBEAN & CO
Company: Gladding, McBean and Co.
Location: Renton, Washington.
Years: 1930-1942.
Type: Firebrick
Description: Brand name is impressed into the face. COLUMBIA 2 is on the first line. NG McBean & CO is
on the second line. Both lines are repetitive and truncate at the ends.
References: Graves, Jim. Brick Brands of the United States. 2003; Gurcke, Karl. Bricks and Brickmaking.
University of Idaho Press, 1987, p. 302-303.
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