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Photograph of Granite workers outside the boardinghouse where they stayed. Many young granite workers would rent a room in a boardinghouse until they bought houses of their own. Boardinghouses were usually owned by granite companies, older granite…

Photograph of Granite workers outside the boardinghouse where they stayed. Many young granite workers would rent a room in a boardinghouse until they bought houses of their own. Boardinghouses were usually owned by granite companies, older granite…

Photograph of three members of Barre's Italian Pleasure Club. The Barre Italian Pleasure Club was established in 1906 and served as a fraternal organization for the community hosting several dances and other social events.

Photograph of granite workers transporting a block of granite via 16 horses and a wagon in the late 19th/early 20th Centuries.

Photograph of a granite worker in Barre, Vermont during the early 20th Century.

Photograph of a Barre granite quarry from the Late 19th Century.

Photograph of Barre granite quarry workers working on splitting a block of granite.

Photograph of granite carvers posing with a granite statue.

Photograph of granite apprentices from 1911 in Barre.

Late 19th Century photograph of granite workers for Wetmore and Morse Company.

Late 19th Century photograph of granite workers for Jones Brothers Company. This photograph was taken inside one of the sculpting sheds

1891 photograph of granite workers for the Jones Brothers Company.