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Haydite Photographic Archive

These images were scanned from a photographic scrapbook compiled by the Haydite Company. Caption text was primarily taken from typed and written notes on the reverse of the photographs. Click on each image for more information.

Group Photo
First Haydite Producing Kiln
Interior of Firesafe Products Company Plant
Interior of Firesafe Products Company Plant
Interior of Firesafe Products Company Plant
Interior of Firesafe Products Company Plant
Haydite Block Manufacturing Plant
Haydite Blocks
Barge carrying concrete mixture
Small Home Exhibit
Small Home Exhibit
Small Home Exhibit
Aircraft Carrier
Reinforced Concrete Car
Welland Ship Canal Bridge No. 14
Vertical Lift Span Bridge #14
Mobile River Bridge
Tensaw River Bridge
Dumbarton Bridge
Norfolk Portsmouth Bridge
St. Croix River Bridge
Point Marion Bridge
McKees Rocks Bridge
McKees Rocks Bridge
McKees Rocks Bridge
Paducah Ohio River Bridge
Vitori Bowling Alleys
Vitori Bowling Alleys
Vitori Bowling Alleys
Vitori Bowling Alleys
"Cathedral of Learning"
Kansas City Power & Light Company Building
Kansas City Power & Light Company Building
Kansas City Telephone Headquarters Building (Oak Tower)
Kansas City Telephone Headquarters Building (Oak Tower)
Architect's Rendering of Park Plaza Hotel
Park Plaza Hotel
Wabash Railway Company Fruit Auction Warehouse
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company Building
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company Building
Church of the Assumption
Church of the Assumption
House under construction
Haydite Concrete Block Bungalows
J. E. Lewis Residence
Residence
Washington Jr. & Sr. High School
Washington Jr. and Sr. High School
Washington Jr. and Sr. High School
City Ice Company, Dodson Plant
City Ice Company
Passenger Station, Municipal Airport
Beacon Airways
Art Goebel School of Flying
Westport High School
Central Junior High School
Central Junior High School
Danville Country Club
Nurses Home & Training School
Allegheny General Hospital
Haydite Concrete Burial Vault
Precast Haydite Concrete Stone Trim
Precast Haydite Concrete Stone Trim
Haydite Concrete Tank Roofs, Standard Oil Company
Fairyland Crystal Pool
Can Room
124th Field Artillery Armory
Ararat Temple
Edison Electric Appliance Company
Globe Steel Tubes Co.
Chicago Athletic Association Building
Chicago Athletic Association Building
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company Building
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company Building
I. R. Kirkwood Building
I. R. Kirkwood Building
Deaner Dental Institute
Independence Hospital and Sanitarium
Independence Hospital and Sanitarium
Independence Hospital and Sanitarium
The Aladdin Hotel
University Tower Office Building
Post Office Garage
Press Room Addition, Kansas City Star Building
The Exchange Building
Dierks Building
Equitable Building
Adams Exchange Telephone Building
McCann Store Building
Melbourne Hotel
Gleneagles Apartment House
Professional Building
Gates Building
Philcade Building
Construction Site
Construction Site
Construction Site
Building Façade
Lincoln Tower Building
Dial Building
Construction Site
Research Laboratory Building "A"
Research Laboratory Building "B"
Research Laboratory Building "B"
Research Laboratories
Research Laboratories
Research Laboratories
Research Laboratories
Research Laboratories
Research Laboratories

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