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  • Collection: Historic Photos from Vermont Towns

Fig. 24. Harry J. Bertoli and sculptors, c. 1892.

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Adjacent to the Pioneer Mills and across the Central Vermont Railroad tracks was a cluster of buildings that housed the granite operation of Harry J. Bertoli.

Family on Bridge over Stream

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A family including two women, one man, and a child stand on a wooden bridge over a bubbling stream in the woods. Location is unknown, but it might be Great Brook in Middlesex (off of Brook Road).

Calder & Richardson Worker and Coal Truck near Depot Square Cafe

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A Calder & Richardson worker stands with a Clydesdale Motor Truck Company vehicle in front of the "Depot Square Cafe." The King Block at 214-218 North Main Street can be seen in the background.

Fig. 25. Inside of Bertoli statuary shop, no date.

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The granite operation of Harry J. Bertoli employed approximately fifteen people, six of whom were shaping statues and involved in carving work

Stone House Shell

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Gutted shell of a stone house, probably in the Lake Champlain valley.

Calder & Richardson Employee and Truck

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A Calder & Richardson worker in bowtie and cap stand with arms crossed in front of a Clydesdale Motor Truck Company truck (registration number 3-763) in front of the Central Vermont rail depot in Barre, Vermont.

Fig. 26. Margaret Pitkin Monument, "Little Margaret"

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The monument to Margaret Pitkin, known as "Little Margaret," was created at the Bertoli shed in Montpelier in 1902.

Two Men on Bicycles

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Two men sit on their bicycles near a house, probably at 51 Berlin Street in Montpelier, Vermont. Based on another photograph in our collection, the man on the left is probably "Mr. Hammond."

Calder & Richardson Employees and Clydesdale Truck

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Two Calder & Richardson workers stand in front of a Clydesdale Motor Truck Company truck (registration number 4-131) in front of the "Depot Square Cafe," Barre, Vermont.

Fig. 27. Bertoli Home on Taplin Street, c. 1905.

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Harry and Maria Bertoli resided on Taplin Street in the Pioneer Mill neighborhood that was home to many Italian families, c. 1905.

Men with Bicycles

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Two men stand outside in a yard by a house (probably 51 Berlin Street, Montpelier, Vermont, next to a pair of bicycles. The man on the left may be "Mr. Hammond," based on an identification on a different photograph.

Calder & Richardson Employee in Truck

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A Calder & Richardson company coal truck (registration number X1-445) is parked outside the offices at Depot Square with a worker seated in the passenger side.