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Photograph of a Barre granite quarry from the Late 19th Century.

Photograph of a granite worker in Barre, Vermont during the early 20th Century.

Photograph of granite workers transporting a block of granite via 16 horses and a wagon in the late 19th/early 20th Centuries.

Photograph of the United Fruit Store of Barre Vermont.

Photograph of a group of performers in costume for the Barre Columbus Day parade of 1911.

Photograph of the North Barre school children in the Columbus Day parade.

Photograph of three members of Barre's Italian Pleasure Club. The Barre Italian Pleasure Club was established in 1906 and served as a fraternal organization for the community hosting several dances and other social events.

Photograph of Granite workers outside the boardinghouse where they stayed. Many young granite workers would rent a room in a boardinghouse until they bought houses of their own. Boardinghouses were usually owned by granite companies, older granite…

Photograph of Granite workers outside the boardinghouse where they stayed. Many young granite workers would rent a room in a boardinghouse until they bought houses of their own. Boardinghouses were usually owned by granite companies, older granite…

Photograph of a Labor Union Parade float from the early 20th century in Barre, Vermont. Barre's population was highly Unionized during the first half of the 20th century.

Photograph of the Barre Labor Union Strike of 1933.

Image of young workers during the first Workers Clean up Day on May 28, 1914. Workers Clean up Day, a precursor to Green-up Day, was a day when residents of Barre would clean up trash that had accumulated on the sides of the roads and bring it all…