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Paving Block Cutters

Date: 1910
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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Montello Granite Company at Noon

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Description: View of workers from the Montello Granite Company heading down the street to lunch after the noon whistle.
Postcard

Montello Granite Works

Date: 1905
Description: 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 block...
Postcard

Montello Granite Works

Date: 1906
Description: 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, weari...
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Dr. Lange

Date: 1905
Description: A well-dressed man is standing on the bank of the Montello River just below the dam, which was owned and operated by the Montello Granite Company. On the o...
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Quarry Houses

Date: 1910
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 ...
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Polishing Shed and Polishers

Date: 1910
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...

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