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Montello Granite Co. Excursion
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Officers, sales representatives and clients of the Montello Granite Company posing in the quarry. Most of the men are wearing ribbons pinned to their jackets. The printed key to the identification of the men is mounted on the reverse of the photograph.
July 18, 1905
Jenks, J. Morgan
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Montello Granite Works
1905
A workman is standing on the platform of a wooden derrick at the granite quarry. A two-story wood frame building is behind the derrick. Large granite blocks are supporting the upper edge of the qua...
Montello Granite Company at Noon
View of workers from the Montello Granite Company heading down the street to lunch after the noon whistle.
Down in Granite Quarry
1910
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. Several bore holes are apparent on the cu...
Montello Granite Quarry
1908
A view of the Montello granite quarry with Montello Lake in the background. The sign in the foreground reads, "J.T. Barrett Pays Highest Prices for Furs, Montello."
Montello Quarry Scene
1910
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.
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. ...
