1. ST-11-26-28-Gladding,-McBean-bricks-adver-GRAB-WEB February 16, 2013 850 × 693 1. ST-11-26-28-Gladding,-McBean-bricks-adver-GRAB-WEB Gladding and McBeans advert, here at the center, makes proud note of the part played by their “seeming millions of blended bricks” in the subtled coloring of the Northern Life Tower. (From the Seattle Times for Nov. 26, 1928.)