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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | 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 ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a group of men and boys gathered for a meal in a tent. There are benches along the sides of the table. One man sits on a wooden bo... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A workman poses beside a belt-driven polisher inside a shed at the Montello granite quarry. Two other men relax in the background near an open door where n... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Two men stand on a ledge in the granite quarry in Montello. Three other men stand below. The side of the quarry rises up above the group in the background.... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | 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 narro... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking southeast at a cut face of the granite quarry. A worker stands on a ledge on the right. There are ropes and ladders in the quarry. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View over quarry towards two men in suits sitting at the top edge of the cut face of the granite quarry. In the background is a house at the top of the hil... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Six women and girls are reflected in the water as they model their swimming costumes on the beach. Another woman observes from behind. The caption reads: ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across a field and Montello Lake. Buildings on the distant shore, seen through trees on the near shoreline, are the tower of the Montello House Hotel,... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view looking west down Barstow (now East Montello) Street. Trees shade the houses at right. The two-story brick home of Frank Dodge ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | 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 ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Four men are posing inside the blacksmith shop at Montello Granite Co. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Two men standing inside the machine shop at Montello Granite Co. The man on the left has a pipe in his mouth, and he is standing with his hand on the power... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Water power at the Montello Granite Co. View across water toward buildings elevated above the water. Water is pouring through the foundations of some of th... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Steam drill at work in quarry at Montello Granite Co. A man is standing on the right operating the drill. There are ladders against the stone cliff in the ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View from below looking up a rockface toward a derrick at the top of a quarry. Men are standing along the top nearby. Caption on back reads: "Quarry view w... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Group of men posing outdoors among large stones. Caption on back reads: "Shaping stone for monuments, Montello Granite Co., Montello, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the interior of the power house, with dynamo. A man is standing near the wall at left center, near an electrical control panel. Caption on back rea... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | 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... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | 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... |
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