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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: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Aerial view, looking eastward from a point several miles outside the southwestern limits of Madison in the direction of Verona. Crossing the image diagonal... |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Montello, county seat of Marquette County. The granite quarry, woolen mill, and planing mill are clearly identified. A steamboat on Buf... |
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| Description: | View of the docks at Rockport Granite Company, operating from 1864-1927. A sailing ship can be seen in the water near industrial buildings. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Colorized photograph of the Badger Granite Compnay, maker of monuments and gravestones. There is a church in the background. Caption reads: "Badger State G... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking west over the Montello Granite Company's works framed by an irregular mask. Two wooden derricks and irregular blocks of granite are i... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A view, looking east, of the grounds and buildings of the Montello Granite Company. On the left, a train car with "Detroit Southern" painted on it stands o... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Spellman Granite Works, Sauk City, Wisconsin" and "Manufacturing Plant." Two images, one above the other, an exterior and interior vi... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks toward a group of six men posing outdoors at the power house. There is a pile of large rocks near the group of men at the corner ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across the bottom of a quarry toward a group of men posing around a horse who appears to be pulling an open railroad car on railroad tracks. Steep cli... |
| 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: | 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: | 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 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 looking across the quarry, which has trees and plants growing up the sides on the left, and smaller rocks and other debris are toward the bottom. Ladd... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across open field toward a large group of men posing on a large pile of granite. There is a large industrial building in the background on the right. ... |
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