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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 ... |
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| Description: | A stonecutter, a cooper or smith (identified by the tools of their trade) and a girl with a pail are standing on the left in contrast to a group of ladies ... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Two stone cutters (probably Italian) working on decorative details over the east entrance during the construction of the State Historical Society of Wiscon... |
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| Description: | Three female members of the First Unitarian Society helping to stack stones during the construction of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Meeting House. Membe... |
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| Description: | Members of the First Unitarian Society loading stones at a quarry to be used in the construction of the Meeting House. The building was designed by Frank L... |
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| Description: | Members of the Madison First Unitarian Society congregation sorting stones to be used in the construction of the Meeting House. The building was designed b... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Workers during the construction of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin building. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Bill Baker standing on top of a wall of the quarry on Basswood Island. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Interior view of an early Pawling and Harnischfeger crane design with cab-operated dial controls. The stencil on the crane says "Pawling and Harnischfeger ... |
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| Description: | Pawling & Harnischfeger 25-ton type "C" I-beam crane holding two stone blocks at the Pfeiffer Stone Company. The crane is stamped with the text "Pawling & ... |
| Date: | 06 29 1938 |
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| Description: | A man operates an International PD-80 power unit mounted on a suction dredge for sand and gravel. The power unit is owned by Roy Deringer of Ithaca, Michig... |
| Date: | 10 12 1938 |
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| Description: | Men work with a Universal crusher, used to crush 400 yards of gravel in 8 hours. The crusher was powered by an International PA-100 power unit owned by E.F... |
| Date: | 01 19 1938 |
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| Description: | A young man stands on a platform above an International PA-80 power unit (converted into a P-100) at a gravel pit owned by Mogg County. |
| Date: | 01 19 1938 |
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| Description: | Men stand near a stone crusher powered by an International PD-40 power unit. The crusher was owned and operated by Coy Hawk. Two buildings stand in the ba... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Three men stand on a platform to operate a rock crusher powered by an International PA-50 power unit, which is underneath the platform. The photograph was ... |
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| Description: | The marble company employees at work in a quarry. By 1885 the Rutland quarries employed about 3,000 workers. |
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| Description: | A quarry of Alaska Marble Company at Calder, with men at work. Photograph published by Winter and Pond Company. Caption reads: "Marble Quarry, Calder, Ala... |
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| Description: | Edison Quarry was opened in the largest outcropping area of Precambrian marble south of the Franklin - Sterling Hill area. Edison's crusher is said to be a... |
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| Description: | An unfinished architectural project at Carthage Building Stone Company, which was managed by J. P. Newell with Millard Bryan as superintendent. By 1914, lo... |
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| Description: | Ladders extend into the quarry at Wisconsin Granite Company, and factory buildings and towers can be seen above. Three men stand near a railroad car at the... |
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