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Before there were American Bricks, there were American Brick Blocks! These instructions consist of...

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Uploaded on Feb 2, 2009

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The sentences at top and bottom run all the way across the inner pages.

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Uploaded on Feb 2, 2009

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The back page shows a Feb 1939 date code. The English is rather peculiar, especially the awful run-on sentence at the end.

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Uploaded on Feb 2, 2009

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The burgundy gable bricks are much darker than the full or half bricks.

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Uploaded on Jan 26, 2009

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These earliest plastic bricks had an X pattern underneath.

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Uploaded on Jan 26, 2009

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The earliest American Plastic Bricks were burgundy in color, and had a sharply pronounced texture. These came with a 60/1-P manual dated 1946.

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Uploaded on Jan 26, 2009

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Here are the three earliest Amerian Brick designs. The "wire-cut" texture is very...

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Uploaded on Jan 26, 2009

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Retouched to remove blemishes. I will print some reproductions on card stock.

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Uploaded on Jan 15, 2009

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This is the original scan. These cardboard parts from 1936 have seen better days.

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Uploaded on Jan 15, 2009

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Circa 1936. I captured this from somewhere online; a box like mine but in better shape.

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Uploaded on Jan 15, 2009

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This box lid is from a very early American Bricks 60/2 set., circa 1940. It measures 12 1/2"...

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Uploaded on Jan 11, 2009

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The box measures 9 1/4 x 7 1/4, and only 3/4 " deep. I don't see a set number anywhere.

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Uploaded on Jan 9, 2009

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This is only half of the fold-out instruction sheet, the other half is missing.

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Uploaded on Jan 9, 2009

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Before there were American Bricks, there were American Brick Blocks! This instruction sheet has a...

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Uploaded on Jan 9, 2009

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Uploaded on Dec 27, 2008

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Due to classroom overcrowding, citizens of the American Village voted in a bond measure to purchase more APB, allowing expansion of the Day School.

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Uploaded on Dec 27, 2008

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This expanded version uses 22 pairs of 3-light windows. For variety, I added Glass Block windows from a 1962 set.

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Uploaded on Dec 27, 2008

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