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Description
Local and immigrant men made up the workers at the Granite Quarry in Hall Quarry.
Men from Scotland, Italy and Sweden came to Mount Desert Island and other area granite quarries to find employment. Hall Quarry had several boarding houses that served as home for these men.
In 1905 when this picture was taken the Arthur McMullen Granite Company ran the quarry operation.
About This Item
- Title: Immigrant workers at Hall Quarry, Mount Desert, 1905
- Creation Date: 1905
- Subject Date: 1905
- Location: Hall Quarry, Mount Desert, Hancock County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 19 cm x 26 cm
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- African Americans--Maine
- Arthur McMullen Granite Company (Mount Desert, Me.)--People
- Granite quarrying--Maine
- Hall Quarry (Mount Desert, Me.)
- Italian Americans--Maine
- Laborers
- Scottish Americans--Maine
- Stone quarrying--Maine
- Swedish Americans--Maine
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Maine Granite Industry Historical Society62 Beech Hill Cross Road, Mount Desert, ME 04660
207-244-7299
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