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of the section named above, and the most extensive manufacturers are Parry Brothers, whose success and fame in this line are due to unceasing energy, push, and enterprise. The firm originated in 1874, when the late C. E. Parry, father of the Parry brothers, commenced the industry at the old New England Brick Co.'s plant at the foot of Raymond Street. Mr. Parry died in 1878, and his sons, Messrs. John and William, continued the business under the firm name of Parry Brothers. In 1880 Mr. A. R. Smith was admitted into the partnership. He remained with the firm till 1883, when he sold out his interest to the other partners, and in the spring of 1884 an entirely new firm was organized, consisting of Parry brothers alone–that is, of John E., William A., George A., and Richard H. Parry. That same winter the firm purchased the property and business of the Cambridge Brick Co., and transferred the same to the extensive new yards which they had built on Concord Avenue. It was at this d