Limestone mills; Employees; Stone-cutting tools--Angle grinders; Stone-cutting tools--Rip saws; Matthews Brothers Stone Company
Although saws were often employed to make long vertical cuts into the stone, some, such as the one pictured here were enlisted as angle grinders to make smaller cuts into larger pieces of stone.
Stone carving; Employees--Stone carvers; Limestone mills; Matthews Brothers Stone Company
Here, stone carvers can be seen putting the finishing touches on some cherubs adorning panels intended for the facade of a building. Notice the man sitting on an old nail keg. Typically, carvers did not sit but stood.
Limestone mills; Quarries and quarrying; Matthews Brothers Stone Company
Pictured here is the Matthew Brothers stone plant which operated from 1862 until 1978 when it was sold to the Bybee Stone Company, which is still in operation in Ellettsville.
Employees--Stone carvers; Stone carving--Friezes; Matthews Brothers Stone Company
In this image, carver Harold Elgar shows off a frieze destined for the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore, MD, alongside mill owner Fred Matthews.
Independent Limestone Company; Quarries and quarrying; Derricks; Boring machinery--Channelers
This image is a quarry level view of the Independent Limestone Company. Notice the large derricks in the background used to transport large slabs of limestone produced by the several channelers at the center of the image.
Limestone Industry--Printed ephemera; Matthews Brothers Stone Company
Fred Matthews sent this letter to Roger Morigi, one the nations premier stone carvers who carved many of the elaborate figures for the Cathedral, on April 24, 1985, following the 1984 release of the film "Stone Carvers" about the stoneworkers of...
