Adams Brickyard

Title

Adams Brickyard

Description

Sepia-toned image of a brickyard. Two horses stand beside pug mills used to process the clay before making bricks, and the large kilns in the background were built of bricks to be fired. Note the businessman in the middle of the photo, dressed in a suit, when all the other men in the photo wear work clothes. This is very likely William C. Adams, the owner of the brickworks. His father, Calvin, came to Oregon in 1852 and took up a Donation Land Claim, and William, the fourth child, was born in Oregon about ten years later. He is listed in the 1880 census at age 15, and in the 1900 census his age given as 37 and his occupation listed as 'Brickmason.'

[front] [pencil ?] 1885. [pen] Adam's Brickyard 1885. [back] Adam' Brick [corner broken off]. E. W. Moore. H. G. Mitchell.

Identifier

WCMpic_003851

Subject

Brickmaking

Work

Brickworks

Adams, William C.

Moore, E. W.

Mitchell, H. G.

Economic History

Work

Spatial Coverage

Hillsboro, Oregon

Language

English

Date Created

circa 1885

Date

1885

Medium

albumen prints

Rights

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Type

Still Image

Source

Washington County Museum