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  • Collection: Barre Italian Life

Italian Athletic Club 1909 Baseball Team

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Photograph of the Italian Athletic Club of Barre, Vt. In 1909 the team consisted of twenty-two members. Twelve of the players are wearing uniforms that say Italian A.C. and the other members are wearing suits with ties. The sign in the photograph…

Children of the North Barre School in 1907

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Photograph of the children of the North Barre School and their teacher from 1907.

The crowd at Theodore Roosevelt's speech in Barre

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Image of the crowd during Theodore Roosevelt's 1912 speech. Residents traveled from nearby towns to hear the former president speak.

Theodore Roosevelt's 1912 speech

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Image of Theodore Roosevelt during his 1912 speech in Barre, Vermont. Local residents gathered around to hear the former president speak.

Workers Clean Up Day

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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…

Labor Union strike

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Photograph of the Barre Labor Union Strike of 1933.

Labor Union parade float

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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.

Granite workers outside of a boardinghouse

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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…

Granite worker's boardinghouse

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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…

Italian Pleasure Club Members

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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.

North Barre School Columbus Day float

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

Costumed group for the Columbus Day parade

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