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Granite Quarry
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Elevated view across a granite quarry looking west, with Buffalo Lake in the background. Buildings of the town are between the quarry and the lake, and a pond has formed in the bottom of the quarry.
1977
Reetz, Elaine
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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 Works
1906
Charles Richter, second from left, poses in front of a building at the top of the Montello granite quarry. His wife stands at the front of the group, wearing a dark blouse and skirt. The other peop...
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, Wisconsin
March 24, 1905
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, and a smaller building on the right. Buff...
Canning Factory
1977
Slightly elevated view of women who are working processing corn on a canning assembly line at the Fall River Canning Company. They are wearing aprons and gloves, and many of them have scarves or hats.
