Cream City brick's story starts around 25,000 years ago during the Ice Age, when glaciers deposited clay, rocks, and other material in the Milwaukee area. Water from glacial melt and Lake Michigan ...

Stern, who dedicated his master’s thesis to cream city bricks, said the Burnham children continued in the brick-making business with spots in Bay View, South Milwaukee and Wauwatosa until 1929.

Stern, who dedicated his master’s thesis to cream city bricks, said the Burnham children continued in the brick-making business with spots in Bay View, South Milwaukee and Wauwatosa until 1929.

Stern, who dedicated his master’s thesis to cream city bricks, said the Burnham children continued in the brick-making ...

Stern, who dedicated his master’s thesis to cream city bricks, said the Burnham children continued in the brick-making business with spots in Bay View, South Milwaukee and Wauwatosa until 1929.

Stern, who dedicated his master’s thesis to cream city bricks, said the Burnham children continued in the brick-making business with spots in Bay View, South Milwaukee and Wauwatosa until 1929.

Stern, who dedicated his master’s thesis to cream city bricks, said the Burnham children continued in the brick-making business with spots in Bay View, South Milwaukee and Wauwatosa until 1929.

Stern, who dedicated his master’s thesis to cream city bricks, said the Burnham children continued in the brick-making business with spots in Bay View, South Milwaukee and Wauwatosa until 1929.

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Stern, who dedicated his master’s thesis to cream city bricks, said the Burnham children continued in the brick-making business with spots in Bay View, South Milwaukee and Wauwatosa until 1929.