This burgundy velvet covered photograph album contains portraits of the Hiestand family and others. The album contains pages with slots for the pictures. The pictures were removed from the slots in order for the entire image to be scanned. Some...
Commercial buildings; Indianapolis (Ind.); Matthews Brothers Stone Company
A 1968 photograph of the Indiana Bell Telephone Company Headquarters Building in Indianapolis, Indiana. "Return to Matthews Bros. Stone Co." written on back.
Advertising--Building materials; Commercial buildings; Church buildings; Quarries and quarrying; Matthews Brothers Stone Company
Advertisements like this one illustrating the way in which limestone was processed were common fare in local newspapers and magazines, alike. This page features a small photo of the Matthews Brothers plant and example building photos.
Among the centennial participants was Walter A. Smith, a retired Postmaster from Indianapolis, who sent his thanks to then President of the Matthews Bros. Cut Stone Co. Frederick Matthews in this letter.
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 Industry--Prices; Limestone Industry--Awards; Matthews Brothers Stone Company
Copy of award received at December 8, 1876, Philadelphia International Exhibition "for the good color, homogeneous grain and strength of stone exhibited."
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...
Pike county, Indiana--History;
Dubois county, Indiana--History;
Pike county, Indiana--Biography
History of Pike and Dubois counties, Indiana, from the earliest time to the present; with biographical sketches, reminiscences, notes, etc.; together with an extended history of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the state of...
