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Title
The Front Street House, Traverse City Michigan to Terra Cotta brick Co., November 3, 1891
Subject
Construction
Architecture
Description
Handwritten correspondence that likely had another page, but is lost. Correspondence from Julius Steinberg to the Terra Cotta Brick Co. in Chicago written on Front Street House Letterhead dated to November 3, 1891. Concerning the "rock faced brick" order which is useless.
Date
11/3/1891
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Document
Identifier
2024.11
Coverage
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States
Traverse City, Grand Traverse, Michigan, United States
Traverse City, Grand Traverse, Michigan, United States
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Paper
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Front Street House
O. Bostrum, Proprietor.
Located in the Business Center of the City
This House has been newly refurbished throughout and repaired, making it the best $1.00 and $1.50 House in the State
Traverse City, Mich. Nov 3 1891
Terra Cotta Brick Co
Chicago Ill
Dear sirs,
The Rock faced Brick
I ordered of ou have arrived
but I cant use them unless I
work them all over again. as
the idiot who picked the rock face
On them made a total failure of it
by nor pitching them from a line like
on both sizes + ends he has done it
so the rockface is in arrival badly
this see sketch of end of brick
[sketch of brick] on one end they are broke to the dotted line
+ on the other end plumb + that puts the
face in arrival so bad that they will
all have to be worked over + then again
as these brick go in an arch some of these
? To have been tapered about ½ in at
O. Bostrum, Proprietor.
Located in the Business Center of the City
This House has been newly refurbished throughout and repaired, making it the best $1.00 and $1.50 House in the State
Traverse City, Mich. Nov 3 1891
Terra Cotta Brick Co
Chicago Ill
Dear sirs,
The Rock faced Brick
I ordered of ou have arrived
but I cant use them unless I
work them all over again. as
the idiot who picked the rock face
On them made a total failure of it
by nor pitching them from a line like
on both sizes + ends he has done it
so the rockface is in arrival badly
this see sketch of end of brick
[sketch of brick] on one end they are broke to the dotted line
+ on the other end plumb + that puts the
face in arrival so bad that they will
all have to be worked over + then again
as these brick go in an arch some of these
? To have been tapered about ½ in at