Historical photo of George Burnham (1816 - 1889)

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1816 - 1889

George Burnham

Burnham and brother Jonathan manufactured bricks. The light-colored clay along Lake Michigan’s shore made his firm famous for “Cream City” bricks. By 1881, what became the world’s largest brickyard employed 200 men and produced 15 million bricks annually.