North end granite plants, Barre, Vermont, 1917 – Historic Photo Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with North end granite plants, Barre, Vermont, 1917, a historic image rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: The north end granite plants, Barre, Vt.
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North end granite plants, Barre, Vermont, 1917
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In 1917, Barre, Vermont, was the center of the American granite trade, and the north end of town was crowded with quarry sheds, polishing mills, and derricks where stone was cut for monuments and public buildings. Much of the labor came from Italian, Scottish, and French Canadian families, many of whom had arrived in the decades after the quarries opened in the 1880s and 1890s. Finished granite left town by rail, and the population had grown quickly around the work, with churches, lodges, and union halls serving the men who worked the sheds. The United States had entered the First World War that spring, and the town's stonecutters were living through a year of national upheaval. Dust from the cutting sheds caused lung disease among stonecutters, a hazard the community knew well.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Creator | mcallister, l. l. (louis l.) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Vermont |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 925 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | The north end granite plants, Barre, Vt. |
| Reference | VT North end granite plants, Barre 1917 |
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