Bethel, Vermont Quarry

ID: 2005-2054

Creator: Graham, Frank F

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1907

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 33, Folder 3A

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Summary

Workmen posing at the quarry in Bethel, Vermont. The Bethel quarry was one of three quarries where stone was obtained for the exterior walls of the new United States National Museum Building, now the Natural History Building.

Subject

Natural History Building

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

  • "Graham" is letter-pressed on the matte of the photograph. According to the court case, 231 U.S. 474 (1913), Frank F. Graham vs. U.S. Government, the contractor assigned to transport the quarry stone was Frank F. Graham.
  • The 1907 and 1908 Smithsonian Annual Reports provide more detailed descriptions about the stone from the three quarries and the construction progress of the new building.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 33, Folder 3A

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1907

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Landscapes
  • Quarries and quarrying
  • Workmen
  • Construction (Buildings)

Place

Vermont

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Landscape

ID Number

2005-2054

Physical description

Color: Sepia; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Landscape; Medium: Photographic print

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