Men working in a quarry, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts

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Collection Type

Photography

GUSN

GUSN-175589

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General photographic collection
Standard-size photographs, 1860s-2000s
Geographic locations
Massachusetts
Massachusetts - Shrewsbury
Massachusetts - Shrewsbury - Portraits and other views of people; unidentified people
Men working in a quarry, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
(current record)

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General photographic collection
- Standard-size photographs, 1860s-2000s
  - Geographic locations
    - Massachusetts
      - Massachusetts - Shrewsbury
        Massachusetts - Shrewsbury - Portraits and other views of people; unidentified people
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        Men working in a quarry, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts (current record)
        Men working in quarry
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        Stagecoach with passengers, Shrewsbury, Mass., undated

Description

In a rock quarry in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, five men drill down into the rock with different types of equipment.

Details

Descriptive Terms

quarries (extracting complexes)
rock
tools
drilling (process)
workers
labor
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Inscription

HH29536A (handwritten)

Physical Descrption

1 photograph ; 8 x 10 inches

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.2690.0330.002

Image Dimensions

8 x 10 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Shrewsbury (Worcester county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Description Level

Item

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