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Paving Block Cutters
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Paving block cutters at work at the the Montello Granite Company. Two men holding large hammers are posing underneath a tarp which is shading large pieces of rock they are working on. On the right behind the tarp are two other men standing behind them. There are piles of smaller pieces of the rock in the yard on the left. In the background is an industrial building and a smokestack.
1910
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Blacksmith Shop
1910
Four men are posing inside the blacksmith shop at Montello Granite Co.
Paving Blocks
1910
View of the Montello granite quarry grounds shows piles of granite paving blocks. In the background, a team of horses pulls a wagon under an elevated narrow gauge railway as a rail car crosses abov...
Quarry Houses
1910
Six men are posing on horse-drawn wagons at quarry houses for the Montello Granite Co. A large building is on the right, and a pile of stone and two small buildings are on the left in the backgroun...
Polishing Shed and Polishers
1910
View down railroad tracks toward a group of men posing outside in front of the open doors of a shed. Round polishing stones are laying on the ground on the left and right. The railroad tracks conti...
Where Granite is Quarried
1910
View across the quarry toward three men standing on a ledge below a large rock face. Ladders are set up above and below the ledge. Another group of men are above them on another ledge on the left. ...
Shaping Stone for Monuments
1910
Group of men posing outdoors among large stones. Caption on back reads: "Shaping stone for monuments, Montello Granite Co., Montello, Wis."
