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Workers cut and stack cubes of granite at a quarry. Notice the railroad tracks that were used to transport the unfinished granite blocks.

A group of men (a few smoking cigars) watches workers demonstrate using a machine to cut paving stones at a quarry. Location unknown.

Real Photo Post Card showing Harry Kirchin using a hammer to shape Durax paving blocks.

Photo showing Tommy Higgins - one of Harry Kirchin's coworkers.

A group photo showing several men, including: Reginald Kirchin, Arthur Monroe, Harry Kirchin, George Donugun, an unknown person, and George Kirchin. They are standing in front of a large pile of Durax paving blocks.

Photo showing a work crew at an unknown location. The Durax paving blocks are piled around the men who are avoiding the sun with the help of shade umbrellas. One of the umbrellas has an advertisement for "Stoves Carpets" (and possibly) Farmville,…

Some advertisements in the photo can be read clearly after zooming in on the picture.  These ads and the Cleveland, Ohio photo company stamp on the reverse of the photo help pinpoint the location as the Brooklyn-Brighton Bridge in Cleveland. The…

A duplicate of the KirchinOther021 photo showing work being done on the Brooklyn-Brighton Bridge in Cleveland, Ohio.

Stone masons – Laborers laying granite blocks in front of the Salisbury Depot in the early 1900s.