Church buildings; Ft. Wayne (Ind.); Matthews Brothers Stone Company
An image of the Temple for Achduth Vesholom Synagogue in Fort Wayne, Indiana, built in 1961 out of stone supplied exclusively by Matthews Bros. at a cost of $750,000.
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.
Louisville Cement Company (Speed, Ind.); The Warning Star (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Speed, Ind.; Sellersburg, Ind.; Employees' magazines, newsletters, etc.
This is the 1961 March, April, May, June, and September issues of The Speed Way. The Speed Way was a monthly newsletter of the Louisville Cement Company in Speed, Indiana. The newsletter was focused on safety issues at the plant but also included...
Employees; Derricks; Quarries and quarrying; Matthews Brothers Stone Company
In this image, worker Joe Berry operates a Bull Wheel, a platform atop which derricks rested that could be rotated 360 degrees, allowing for derricks to transport stone in different parts of the quarry. "Return to Fred Barrett" written on back.
This Charlestown Cemetery Plat book started as a copy created by J. M. Van Hook in 1903 being brought up to date by J. M. Morrow as is stated on page 1 of the book. There is no date given for when it was brought up to date. This was most likely...
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.
