{"id":5731,"date":"2025-04-11T13:49:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T13:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/?page_id=5731"},"modified":"2025-04-11T13:58:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T13:58:59","slug":"racine-college-bricks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/features\/racine-college-bricks\/","title":{"rendered":"Racine College Bricks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It would not be a trip back to Racine without a visit to my favorite student-inscribed bricks all around Racine College\/DeKoven Center. Here are some of my favorites.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Brick-C-Thom-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Brick-C-Thom-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A few bricks have dates on them -- this one from C. Thom says &quot;May '14&quot; (1914).\" class=\"wp-image-5734\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Brick-C-Thom-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Brick-C-Thom-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Brick-C-Thom-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Brick-C-Thom-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Brick-C-Thom-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A few bricks have dates on them &#8212; this one from C. Thom says &#8220;May &#8217;14&#8221; (1914).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Brick-Fish-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Brick-Fish-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Young Mr. Fish engraved his name on many different bricks, and it looked like he really worked at it.\" class=\"wp-image-5735\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Brick-Fish-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Brick-Fish-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Brick-Fish-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Brick-Fish-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Brick-Fish-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Young Mr. Fish engraved his name on many different bricks, and it looks like he really worked at it.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Brick-Price-Delaware-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Brick-Price-Delaware-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"I think this name is &quot;Price&quot; with a very fancy &quot;P&quot;. This brick also has a date: &quot;Dec '16&quot; (December 1916).\" class=\"wp-image-5736\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Brick-Price-Delaware-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Brick-Price-Delaware-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Brick-Price-Delaware-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Brick-Price-Delaware-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Brick-Price-Delaware-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I think this name is &#8220;Price&#8221; with a very fancy &#8220;P&#8221;. This brick also has a date: &#8220;Dec &#8217;16&#8221; (December 1916).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It would not be a trip back to Racine without a visit to my favorite student-inscribed bricks all around Racine College\/DeKoven Center. 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