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  • Collection: Travels with Balfour Pink

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A Star Gallery group portrait taken at Sioux Falls, (South) Dakota.

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Cabinet photo showing six men dressed up and posing with a large granite column that has been loaded on a Southern rail car for transport.

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Most likely a different view of the same column shown in the previous photo (KirchinOther006) of a granite column loaded on a railcar for transport.

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According to the writing on the photo, this is a view of West Broad Street in Columbus, Ohio.  The area is the lumber yard of E. Doddington & Company.  The street had been redone with Balfour Blocks supplied and paved by the Harris Granite…

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A group photo showing Harry Kirchin and three other men dressed up. Photo taken at the Dixie Studio in Salisbury, NC.

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According to the writing on the photo, this is a view of West Town Street in Columbus, Ohio. The street is being redone with Balfour Blocks supplied and paved by the Harris Granite Quarries Company of Salisbury, NC. Harry Kirchin is posing in the…

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Photo showing street paving on Depot Street in Salisbury, NC.  The building on the left is the Yadkin Hotel.  On the right is the Salisbury Depot. According to a trade magazine article, Salisbury, NC had the first streets in America paved with Durax…

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Asheville, NC on the reverse of the photo gave us the location of the image.  The initials 'AFD' gave us the information we needed to determine which building is shown on the street being repaved. The building is the Asheville Fire Department and…

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Reverse side of the KirchinOther12 photo.

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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,…

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Photo showing the same work crew as in KirchinOther013. Unknown location.

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This is the same view as shown in the Kirchin023 photo.

A work crew pauses for a photograph. They are busy paving a street with Durax cubes.

The only identified person is Harry Kirchin who is standing on the extreme left of the group.

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Reverse of KirchinOther015 photo. Writing shows where Harry Kirchin is located in the group photo.

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This is a similar view as shown in the Kirchin023 and KirchinOther015 photos.

A work crew pauses for a photograph. They are busy paving a street with Durax cubes.

The only identified person is Harry Kirchin who is standing toward the left of…

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A work crew gets their photo taken in the midst of paving a street.  While the location was not labeled, zooming into the photo gave enough clues to determine the location.  The 'Flatiron' building shown is located in Columbus, Ohio.  Sadly, most of…

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A closer look at the paving work done in front of the Asheville Fire Department. This view shows more detail than the one in KirchinOther012.

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A view of how 4 inch Durax Cubes are arranged in a pattern during street paving.

This is a similar view to those shown in the Kirchin022 and Kirchin028 slides.

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A work crew pauses for a photograph as they repave an impressively wide street with Durax cubes. The location is unknown.

Two small American flags can be seen sticking up out of the ground between two of the men.

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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…

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A real photo post card showing Harry Kirchin, Warren Crick, and two unidentified men taking a lunch break.  Harry appears to be having an Anheuser-Busch beer with his meal.  Notice the men are sitting on granite blocks.

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A real photo post card showing crew member Jack Fleming (as identified on the back of the card), wielding a large hammer to break up granite blocks.

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This photo shows two unidentified men taking a break from shaping granite into blocks with hammers.

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Real photo post card showing a group of men identified on the back as (L to R): Johnny Maples, Tommy Goodman, Warren Crick, Herbert Burton, Unknown Person, and Harry Kirchin. All appear to be enjoying cigars. Perhaps celebrating.

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Reverse side of real photo post card identifying the men on the front as (L to R): Johnny Maples, Tommy Goodman, Warren Crick, Herbert Burton, Unknown Person, and Harry Kirchin.

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A work crew lays down Durax cubes in a pattern as they pave a street in the Old Brooklyn Neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio.
Harry Kirchin is identified by an 'x'.

There is a similar view in the following picture (KirchinOther27).

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A similar view to that shown in KirchinOther26 photo. A work crew is photographed while laying Durax cubes in a pattern. This intersection on Pearl Road is just a few blocks from the Brooklyn-Brighton Bridge project shown in KirchinOther21. There are…

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A work crew installs Durax cubes to pave a street as 'Engineer Baker' (beneath the X) looks on. Unknown location.

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Reverse side of photo that identifies a man as "Engineer Baker".

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A work crew is photographed laying Durax cubes in a pattern as they pave a street. The sign on the building in the background reads 'Brooklyn Livery'. We can assume the location is the Old Brooklyn neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Reverse side of photo describing the subject as 'Laying Durax'.

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This appears to be another view of the paving work being done in the Old Brooklyn neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio. The Brooklyn-Brighton Bridge is in the background.

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

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A view of the Balfour Road

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A view of the Balfour Quarry site.

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A view of the Balfour Quarry filled with water.

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Another view of the Balfour Quarry filled with water.

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Another view of the Balfour Quarry filled with water.

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Another view of the Balfour Quarry filled with water.

Miller007_HermanQuarry.jpg
A view of the Herman Quarry

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Another view of the Herman Quarry

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A postcard view of the Balfour Quarry operation in Granite Quarry, NC

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A postcard showing multiple views of the Balfour Quarry operations.

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Workers at the Harris Companies Quarry shed

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The Earnhardts at the quarry

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Karr Earnhardt cutting stone
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