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Brown Brothers Mfg Co. Sidewalk & Vault Lights

From a photocopy provided by Nan Card, Curator of Manuscripts, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center.

ESTABLISHED IN CHICAGO, A.D. 1860.
BROWN BROTHERS M'F'G CO.,
1880 EDWIN LEE BROWN, President.
SUCCESSORS TO BROWN BROTHERS.
 1880
Sole Manufacturers of Hyatt's Patent Prismatic Cement and Lead Band
SIDEWALK LIGHTS AND VAULT LIGHTS,
FLOOR LIGHTS, SKY LIGHTS AND VESSELS' DECK LIGHTS.
VAULT LIGHTS.

*No. 1.—21 Glasses.
No. 1—21 Glasses
∅ 15¾ inches × 5⁄8" thick
*No. 2.—37 Glasses.
No. 2—21 Glasses
∅ 17¾ inches × ¾" thick
*No. 2½.—37 Glasses.
(Being No. 2, with the addition of a Flange,
intended more particularly for Wooden Sidewalks.
No. 3.—37 Glasses.
No. 3—37 Glasses
∅ 17¾ inches × ¾" thick
No. 4.—61 Glasses.
No. 4—61 Glasses
∅ 211⁄8 inches × ¾" thick
No. 5.—91 Glasses.
No. 5—91 Glasses
∅ 251⁄8 inches × ¾" thick 		Hyatt's Patent Basement Extension
Section showing construction of Hyatt's Patent Basement Extension,
Under Sidewalk and portion of Street, lighted by
HYATT'S PATENT ILLUMINATING TILES.
WE MAKE THESE LIGHTS OF ANY SIZE AND SHAPE,
Up to 6 feet long by 3 feet wide, in one piece, or into
Illuminating Steps, Risers, Thresholds, Trap-Doors, &c.
OR WE FORM THEM INTO CONTINUOUS, PERFECTLY WATER-TIGHT AND FIRE-PROOF
ILLUMINATING PLATFORMS, OR ANY DIMENSIONS, TO ORDER.

View of Curved Sky Light, from Photograph
View of Curved Sky Light, from Photograph
SKY LIGHTS (EITHER STRAIGHT OR CURVED) AND FLOOR LIGHTS,
MADE TO ORDER, OF ANY SIZE AND FORM
ALL OUR WORK IS FIRE-PROOF AND BURGLAR-PROOF.
COAL-HOLE COVERS.
*STAR.—8 Glasses.
"STAR"—8 Glasses
∅ 201⁄8 inches
× ½ inch thick.
NOTE.
*****The No. 1, No. 2 and No. 2½ Vault Lights, and the "Star" Coal Hole Covers, are made with a STAPLE on their under side, so that Fastening Bars can be attached if desired. All the other Vault Lights are without staples.
All our Price Lists and Estimates are for "Cement" Light Work. Special rates given for "Lead-Band" Work, when desired.
*SMALL STAR.—4 Glasses.
"STAR"—4 Glasses
∅15¾ inches
× 3⁄8 thick
VAULT LIGHTS.

No. 6.—127 Glasses.
No. 6—127 Glasses
∅ 287⁄8 inches × ¾" thick


No. 7.—169 Glasses.
No. 7—169 Glasses
∅ 32 inches × ¾" thick


No. 8.—217 Glasses.
No. 8—217 Glasses
∅ 35¾ inches × ¾" thick
SEND FOR PRICE LISTS AND ESTIMATES.
MANUFACTORY AND OFFICE.
Corner of Clinton and West Jackson Sts., Chicago.
THE CLINTON AND JEFFERSON STREET CARS PASS OUR WORKS EVERY FIVE MINUTES.

THE CANAL STREET AND CANALPORT AVENUE HORSE CARS ALSO PASS DIRECTLY BY OUR WORKS.
THE 12TH and CANAL STS., AND THE VAN BUREN STREET CARS PASS WITHIN ONE BLOCK.