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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,…

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…

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

This slide is labeled "halfway off" meaning the pavement has been partially removed in order to repave.  Streetcar tracks are clearly visible. There are several businesses in view.  One in particular is the Geo. W. Kirwan & Co.  According to a…