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1893 Chicago World's Fair Bricks

  Lot # 023-A
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Very Good see description
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Approx. 3 1/4"H x 8 3/4" x 5" Each
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Lot # 023-A
System ID # 6592503
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Two Pavers (Bricks) from the 1893 Columbian Exposition Chicago World's Fair. Wear due to use at a home that was built in the late 1800's in Ohio City. These Pavers were called "Blue Granite Block" and were awarded a medal for it's quality in a paving brick competition at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Granite was a very common term for pavers, inferring that the product was "granitelike" or very hard. The block was made jointly by the Malvern Clay Company and the Canton & Malvern Fire Clay Paving Brick Company in Malvern, Ohio. After receiving the medal, these two firms began placing a likeness of the medal, including a depiction of Christopher Columbus on their bricks. 

These bricks were used as spacers between bricks for street surfacing and have sold for around $150 according to Kovels and have sold on past auction for $88.00.