Workers Clean Up Day
Title
Workers Clean Up Day
Description
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 to the city dump. Participants young and old would be grouped together and tasked with a section of roadway to clean up for the day.
Date
5/28/1914
Source
Barre History Collection (BHC 176)
Extent
1 Photograph 6x8in
Identifier
BHC176_YoungPeoplesOrganization
Format
image/jpeg
Type
Photograph
Medium
Photograph
Collection
Citation
“Workers Clean Up Day,” Digital Vermont: A Project of the Vermont Historical Society, accessed June 28, 2024, https://digitalvermont.org/items/show/4890.