[The following text is excerpted from a manuscript titled, "The Laguna Limekilns: Bonny Doon," unpaged. It is copyrighted 1996 by the author. It is used here with permission.]

Named or branded bricks as seen, photographed, and/or collected in Santa Cruz, California from 1975 to 1996. List revised 17 September 1996.

• Alumex
• Alusite / 114 132
• Amador
• A P Green
• A.P.Green / Empire S.M
• A.P.Green / Empire D.P.
• A.P.Green / 2K S.M
• A.P.Green / 3K S.N (may have been M?)
• Arco (may have been Argo?)
• Aztex / 120(--?--)
• - B - (small letter, in 3/4" x 1 3/4" frog, dash = screwhead)
• Benson
• Bourtreehill / Irvine
• Calder
• Cardowan / Patent
• Carnegie (also key brick)
• Carnegie / 2
• Carnegie / 3 (key brick only)
• Cowen
• Cowen-M / England
• 6 / Cowen
• Denny Renton (paver)
• Dia-D
• Diablo
• Diablo / 1
• Diablo D / 1
• Dickey Premier
• Dickey Clay Mfg. Co. / Star (see also "Star")
• Duro
• Empire D.P
• Empire S.M
• Empire S.M / 13 1/2 2K 2 1/2
• Foster
• Gartcosh
• Gartcraig
• Gasco / XX
• GMcB (short arc)
• GMcB / 6 - 72 (logo of Gladding, McBean and Company)
• Heatheryknowe / Patent / Glasgow
• Hickman / Stourbridge (stamped on side)
• Ione
• Jaybee / Fine
• Keystone
• -L- (for Lincoln, by Gladding, McBean?)
• Laclede / Alamo
• Laclede / Flintmix
• Laclede / Supra 215
• Laclede-Christey
• LAPBCo / * * * (Los Angeles Pressed Brick Company)
• Livermore (stamped in "frog" on middle line)
  (see also "Premier / Livermore")
• Livermore (stamped on upper line)
• Livermore *
• * / Livermore
• Livermore / *
• Livermore F.B. Wks. SF
• Ls Escoyez / Tertre / Belgique (French for Belgium)
• Mex-Ref-Co / Aztex
• M.T & Co (only one period)
• No 1 Wedge
• No 1 Wedge / F
• Oakland
• Pacific
• Patent / R.Brown & Son / Paisley
• Premier
• Premier / Dickey Clay Mfg. Co.
• Premier / Livermore
• Premier / Livermore F.B. Wks. SF
• Ramsay
• Ravens / WBI & Co
• RBC
• Richmond
• Richmond (RL)
• Snowball (also wedge and key bricks)
• Star
• Star / Dickey Clay Mfg. Co.
• Stockton
• T Carr (also wedge and key bricks)
• The Denver / Hifire / Fireclay Co
• Walbottle
• W.S. Dickey Clay Mfg.Co. / Premier
• W.S. Dickey Clay Mfg.Co. / Star / No 1 Arch
• Woodland
• 0 (fine letter in small, shallow frog)
• 00
• -1-
• 1 3/4
• 2
• 2" - Split F
• 72 81
• GM 70 D
• -HR SP / 9-
• * * * (Gladding, McBean)
• Triangle
• One Perforation

Notes:

1. Bold letters indicate "best guess"
2. / Indicates new line on the brick
3. Periods are shown only as they appear on the brick
4. FB = firebrick, RL = raised letters (otherwise letters are depressed)

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