Workers Clean Up Day

BHC176_YoungPeoplesOrganization.jpg

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 November 5, 2024, https://digitalvermont.org/items/show/4890.