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  • Collection: Barre - Oversized Photographs

Barre Rangers Foot Ball Club, 1908-1909

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Photograph of winners of the Vermont League, 1908-1909. The team was composed of Scottish-American men who played what is now called "soccer" in the United States but was then called "football."

Barre Rangers Foot Ball Club, 1913

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Photograph of winners of the Vermont League, 1913. The team was composed of Scottish-American men who played what is now called "soccer" in the United States but was then called "football."

Bon-Accord Football, 1905-1906

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Photograph of winners of the Scampini Challenge Cup, 1905-1906. The team was composed of Scottish-American men who played what is now called "soccer" in the United States but was then called "football."

Barre granite workers 50 years old and older

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Picnic of granite workers 50 years of age and older. The man wearing a light-colored hat, dark suit, and holding a cane in the front row is Severino Rossi (1848-1902), who was born in Bisuschio, Italy, and who came to Barre in 1896. Several of the…

Large group with musical instruments drinking in woods

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Photograph of a large group of Barre residents, presumably from Bisuschio, Italy, celebrating in a wooded setting. Several men hold mugs of a beverage. One has an accordion, one has a cello, one has an open doctor's bag, one has a carved watermelon,…

Men with musical instruments drinking in woods

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Photograph of a group of Barre men, presumably from Bisuschio, Italy, celebrating in a wooded setting. Several men hold mugs of a beverage. One has a rifle, one has an accordion, one has a cello, one has a doctor's bag, and one is sitting on a…

Italian Athletic Club Lumpers

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A group of 11 men and a boy, members of the Italian Athletic Club Lumpers pose for a photograph with shovel, broom, rake, pickaxe, and baseball bat. One man wears a sweater with the IAC logo on it. The men are dressed well and all but one are wearing…

Italian Independent Club baseball players

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A group of ten baseball players from the Italian Independent Club of Barre, Vermont, pose for a picture in a field. The men are all wearing baseball uniforms. The IIC was formed in 1908. This may be a team that competed with the Italian Athletic Club…

Hotel Barre, dining room

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Photograph of the dining room of the Hotel Barre, 30 Washington Street, Barre, Vermont.

Hotel Barre, exterior

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Photograph of the Hotel Barre, 30 Washington Street, Barre, Vermont. Building is located between the Aldrich Public Library and Hedding Methodist Church.

Stickney House, "Maplehurst," circa 1898

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This house at the corner of Church and Washington Streets, in Barre, Vermont, was the home of Dr. Orlando G. Stickney (1857-1944). Dr. Stickney moved to Barre in 1893. In 1904, he joined with fourteen other physicians to advocate for a hospital in…

Knights of Pythias performance

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Drama performed by the Knights of Pythias, Barre. Antonio M. Rossi (the man writing in a notebook) portrays a reporter investigating a shooting incident.