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Article: Terra Cotta exhibit in April
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- The Filipino Express
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- April 7, 2002
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Filipino Express, The
04-07-2002
NEW JERSEY
The Cornelius Low House/Middlesex County Museum opens its newest exhibit
April 14, 2002. Uncommon Clay: New Jersey's Architectural Terra Cotta
Industry introduces New Jersey's once blooming, and now almost forgotten
architectural ceramics industry. The exhibition focuses on the glazed and
brightly colored decorative material used on many American skyscrapers,
buildings, and homes for almost 100 years. New Jersey's terra cotta
manufacturers, distributing their products throughout the country,
dominated the industry in terms of factories, tradesman, materials, and
production.
These decorative pieces can be seen on famous buildings like the Woolworth
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