CALIFORNIA BRICKS
Brand name: LABCPCO ALBERHILL (Crescent)
Company: Los Angeles Brick and Clay Products Company, formerly Los Angeles Brick Company (1900).
Location: Yard at Alberhill, in sec. 21, T. 5 S., R. 5 W., S.B., Riverside County; office at 1078 N. Mission Rd.
(up to 1961), 2310 E. 7th St. (1962-1966), 1255 W. 4th St. (1967-1968), Los Angeles County, CA.
Years: 1935-1942
Type: Firebrick
Description: First line is "LABCPCo", second line is "ALBERHILL", third line is a crescent shape turned upwards, impressed on the face.
Comments: This company operated from 1925 to 1968.
Source: California Division of Mines and Geology Rept. v. 41, no. 3, 1945, p. 160-161; California State Mining
Bureau Bulletin 99, 1928, p. 174-175; US Bureau of Mines Minerals Yearbooks 1965-1968; Gurcke, Karl, Bricks and
Brickmaking, The University of Idaho Press, 1987.
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