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Spungman: Socially restrictive covenants of such an exclusivity nature are common from about the 1920s on. Prior to that time, restrictive covenants usually referred to dispensing spirituous liquors and refraining from certain industrial activities. However, the rise of eugenics and social...

George: I am SO GRATEFUL you said that!!! Rock on, brother, rock on! Best regards, Jerseyman

Grendel: Where abouts are you in Stafford? I am currently working on two archaeological investigations in Stafford County: a Phase I at Leeland Station and a Phase II at Brooke Station. There is some fascinating history down there! Best regards, Jerseyman

I put some fresh gas in the tank, shook the equipment a wee bit, pumped the primer about nine times and the snowblower fired right up on the first push of the start button—just like I had started it yesterday instead of last year. I was absolutely amazed! Best regards, Jerseyman

From The Philadelphia Inquirer, 9 January 1898, page 6 FOLLOWING HOUNDS IN THE JERSEY WILDS Down Around Waterford the Fox Hunting Fad Now Prevails THE RABBITS ARE GLAD “Bunny” Has a Rest While Villagers on “Old Dobbin” Try to Catch Sly Reynard—The Radnor Hunt Outdone. Special to...

Michael: I saw the reference to the other stamped identifiers on the bricks and I think the person who wrote that caption is simply incorrect. Bricks stamped “S&F Co.” and “S&FB Co.” have always been products of the firm of Sayre & Fisher, one of the mega brick producers along the Raritan...

Gabe: It would be a little difficult to know who made the bricks and where without some type of identifying marks. Did the exhibit indicate the age of the bricks? I know in March 1904, Egg Harbor City awarded a contract to the Atlantic City Concrete, Construction and Paving Company for...

Somers Brick Company Gabe, Michael, et al.: I hope you can add to the information below, Michael, as Gabe has requested. This is what I have in my files: The Somers Brick Company filed its incorporation papers with the New Jersey Secretary of State on 8 May 1900. The official corporate...

Turtle: Thank you very much for the suggestion that I read the “Scat I.D.” thread!! I am still wiping the tears out of my eyes from laughter!! I can’t believe that Mr. Campbell thought he was going to get a straight answer with a set-up question like that! It sounds like something right out...

Turtle: I look forward to meeting you, but if do as you promise, won’t that make me a “gold bricker”?!?!?!?!? :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Best regards, Jerseyman

No problem, Tom. If you can borrow a digital camera—great! If not, don’t worry about it. Whether your brick came from Sacramento or Northfield, I have learned something new about Somers Brick, for which I am very grateful to both Mts83 and Pinelandpaddler. Best regards, Jerseyman

Folks: I am glad that a goodly number of you have signed up for the dinner and/or are planning to attend the day’s festivities. Maxwell—it will be good to have you at the infamous and rowdy “Table 9” at the dinner!! Now, for those of you still on the fence or have NOT signed up for dinner...

Michael: Well, you learn something new every day! I knew about the existence of the Somers Brick Company, but I never knew they stamped their brick with identifying initials, so I really appreciate your photograph!! If Tom could supply a photograph of his brick, we could ascertain whether it...

Turtle: It is still a brick—so of course I would find it interesting. I thought, perhaps, that you had a stamped brick I had not seen before (with the “II” marking), but since the brick exhibits the usual “XX” I feel much better!! Like the Ostrander brick that started off this thread, your...

Turtle: Can you post a photograph of your Valentine brick? I am curious about the “II” you indicate is present in the stamping. Thanks! Best regards, Jerseyman

Wow, Tom—you have a brick that is very far from home! The Sacramento Brick Company of California manufactured that brick and it found its way to Atlantic County. I suspect it may be a leftover from constructing the Bethlehem Loading Company plant and the adjacent company town of Belcoville. Nice...

Bob and Scott: I am not certain, but that piece of equipment looks more like a fire starter than an extinguisher. You would pour the flammable liquid in through the hatch and a flexible pipe attached to the nipple projecting from the top of the can. Perhaps one of our fire-fighting members...

Ed: There is nothing “Dorky” in a question about bricks unless, of course, you are associated with Krazy Kat and Ignatz. Best regards, Jerseyman

Gabe: Good stuff! You are correct: the brick marked for Plainville did, indeed, come from the so-called Union Clay Works. I have one marked “Ocean County 1850” from the same works, commemorating the legislative incorporation of the county in that year. I have a newspaper clipping from the...

Turtle and Ed, et al.: Glad you enjoyed this thread! Bricks and brickmaking is one of my many special interests, so I am delighted when questions such as yours come up! I am happy to be of service. Best regards, Jerseyman