Sunday, March 30, 2008

LAPBCo bricks found in Pasadena, California


Brand: LAPCo
Company: Los Angeles Pressed Brick Company.

These bricks were found in our backyard in the ground only a few inches from the surface.


The top of this brick has a glazed finish.


I wonder if we will find anymore interesting things in our backyard from the past.

We found this interesting link about California bricks companies past to present.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Very interesting bit of backyard archaeology. I found this link in a quick Google search of LAPBCo, in which, incidentally, your post came up as the first hit.

Paul in SD said...

Hiya,
We have a Victorian cottage in San Diego. We found bricks with "LAPBCo" stamped in them and did some googling and found your blog. Right nifty bit of information, thank you.

Unknown said...

I found 180 LAPBCo bricks buried in the woods on my property. Some have white and some have a purple glaze on one side and one end. What are they worth ?

Janet said...

We lived in Mt Washington and during the 1989 earthquake our chimney fell down. These were the bricks we found. We ended up putting them in a cement walkway to the house.

Unknown said...

My whole house is built with these brick that say LAPBCo yellowish color. How do i find there worth or any info on them .