Burnhams Meadow, Barre, Vermont, 1917 – Antique Photo Print
(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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A window into the past: Burnhams Meadow, Barre, Vermont, 1917, preserved in this historic image. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Granite plants on Burnham's Meadow, Barre, Vt.
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Burnhams Meadow, Barre, Vermont, 1917
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Barre, Vermont, in 1917 was the center of the American granite trade, with quarries on the hills above town and sheds along the streets where stonecutters shaped monuments and building stone for markets across the country. The industry drew large numbers of Italian, Scottish, and other European immigrants, and their churches, clubs, and union halls gave the city a mix of languages and loyalties that townspeople argued about in local politics. The United States entered the First World War that spring, and Barre's granite workers, many of them skilled craftsmen, were soon weighing the war's demands on their labor against their own unions and wages. Burnhams Meadow, shown here, was one of the open spaces on the edge of the working city, where residents gathered for outdoor events and looked out over the growing town and its quarry-scarred hills.
| 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 × 911 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Granite plants on Burnham's Meadow, Barre, Vt. |
| Reference | VT Burnhams Meadow, Barre 1917 |
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