Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection of Gene Fuller

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Corresponds to photo 1 of the Galena Tile and Brick Company

This is the first photograph of Gene Fuller's "Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection." The photo includes an illustration of a Galena brick.

Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection of Gene Fuller (2)

Corresponds to photo 2 of Gene Fuller's "Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection."

This photo shows the first Galena tile mill, a wagon, and 10 employees standing outside the front of the building.

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Corresponds to photo 3 of "Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection."

This photo shows the first tile plant built by the Galena Tile and Brick Company in the village of Galena, Delaware County, Ohio.

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Corresponds to photo 4 of Gene Fuller's "Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection."

This photo shows the inventory of the tile mill.

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Corresponds to photo 5 of Gene Fuller's "Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection."

This photo shows the employees of the plant. The description "Galena Shale Tile & Brick Co Galena, Ohio Feb. 18, 1930.", appears on the lower right in white ink, suggesting it may be a postcard.

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Corresponds to photo 6 of Gene Fuller's "Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection."

This photo shows Galena Tile and Brick delivery trucks that will be loaded with the bricks seen stacked in rows. Two passenger cars are parked at the mill as well. The photo is dated as taken in the early 1930s.

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Corresponds to photo 7 of Gene Fuller's "Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection."

This photo shows the first over road delivery truck and three men; the driver standing at the driver's door, another leaning on the front of the truck, and another standing next to the truck. A house and a tree are alongside the truck, and a telegraph/telephone pole stands near the tree.

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Corresponds to photo 8 of Gene Fuller's "Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection."

This photo shows the brick and tile delivery truck used by the Galena Brick and Tile Company. The lettering on the passenger door of the truck reads in part: JOHN W SHULTZ INC FAST FREIGHT GALENA O. The truck's number is 104.

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Corresponds to photo 9 of Gene Fuller's "Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection."

This photo shows the many drivers of the Galena Trucking Company. There are both passenger cars and trucks in front of the brick building where, most likely, the trucks were maintained.

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Corresponds to photo 10 of Gene Fuller's "Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection."

This photo shows brick and tile storage as it was in the early 1950s

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Corresponds to photo 11 of Gene Fuller's "Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection."

This photo shows Galena Tile and Brick in the early 1950s.

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Corresponds to photo 12 of Gene Fuller's "Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection."

This photo shows an open shelter where bricks were stored in the early 1950s.

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Corresponds to photo 13 of Gene Fuller's "Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection."

This photo shows the shale pit as it looked in 1958.

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Corresponds to photo 14 of Gene Fuller's "Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection."

This photo shows the shale pit as it was in 1970.

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Corresponds to photo 15 of Gene Fuller's "Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection."

This is an aerial photo of the Galena Tile and Brick Company taken in the early 1960s.

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Corresponds to photo 16 of Gene Fuller's "Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection."

This aerial photo of the Galena Tile and Brick Company was taken in May 1969.

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Corresponds to photo 17 of Gene Fuller's "Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection."

This is an aerial photo of the Galena Tile and Brick Company taken May 1969.

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Corresponds to photo 18 of Gene Fuller's "Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection."

This aerial photo of Galena Tile and Brick was taken November 1976.

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Corresponds to photo 19 of Gene Fuller's "Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection." This is an aerial photo of Galena Brick and Pit taken November 20, 1979.

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This photograph is an aerial view of Galena Brick Company taken November 20, 1979

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Corresponds to photo 21 of Gene Fuller's "Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection."

This Skylab photo of the company was taken August 18, 1875 at an altitude of 69,300 feet.

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Corresponds to photo 22 of Gene Fuller's "Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection."

This photo shows a Tom Boot Air Photo of the company taken March 1982

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Corresponds to photo 23 of Gene Fuller's "Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection."

This photo shows a Tom Boot Air Photo of the company taken March 1982.

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Corresponds to photo 24 of Gene Fuller's "Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection."

This photo shows an employee forming bricks by hand.

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Corresponds to photo 25 of Gene Fuller's "Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection."

This photo shows an employee striking off filled molds of brick.

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Corresponds to photo 26 of Gene Fuller's "Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection."

This photo shows an employee putting clay into the brick mold. It appeared in the December 16, 1979 issue of the Columbus Dispatch.

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Corresponds to photo 27 of Gene Fuller's "Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection."

This photo shows the removal of excess clay from the brick using a process called striking. The photo appeared in the December 16, 1979 edition of the Columbus Dispatch.

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This photo shows an employee applying a dusting of sand to the brick. The photo appeared in the December 16, 1979 issue of the Columbus Dispatch.

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Corresponds to photo 29 of Gene Fuller's "Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection."

This photo, which appeared in the December 16, 1979 edition of the
Columbus Dispatch, reads "Milburn lifts the mold from the bricks which are now ready for the kiln."

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Corresponds to photo 30 of Gene Fuller's "Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection."

This photo shows a new brick extrusion machine bought by the company. The machine mixes clay with water and additives.

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Corresponds to photo 31 of Gene Fuller's "Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection."

In this photo, Mr. Fuller describes how the "mixture drops down into a vacuum where an auger forces the air out and the mixture through a die which adds the holes" to the bricks.

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Corresponds to photo 32 of Gene Fuller's "Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection."

This photo shows a picture of a new brick cutting machine that was installed in the mid-1970s.

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Corresponds to photo 33 of Gene Fuller's "Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection."

This is a photo of the Galena Brick showroom.

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Corresponds to photo 34 of Gene Fuller's "Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection."

This photo shows the Galena Tile and Brick Company's display room.

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Corresponds to photo 35 of Gene Fuller's "Galena Tile and Brick Company Photo Collection."

This photo highlights a variety of brick styles made in Galena.