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The Paving Cutter and His Trade
Article in Maine Life by Doris Grant of Hall Quarry: The Paving Cutter and His Trade. (Part of photograph and article has been cut out.) Glossary of paving cutter's tools.
Charlie Hodgdon's Blacksmith's Shop in Hall Quarry
Charlie Hodgdon's blacksmith shop in Hall Quarry. Winter scene, with snow. Hodgdon lived in the cabin during the quarrying season. Large granite blocks in foreground.
Granite Cutters’ National Union
Granite Cutters’ National Union initiation receipt for fifteen dollars for H. L. Stanley signed by W. B. Rour, Nomenclature: Receipt
Somesville and Hall Quarry Historical Summaries
One double.sided mimeographed page which includes two historical essays: "Somesville, a Pleasant Place, A Goodly Heritage" and "Hall Quarry, An Interesting Place" and well as one unattributed poem, "The Cemetery Road."
Peddlers of Long Ago
Article by Doris Grant in New England Sampler: Peddlers of Long Ago, peddlers who came to Hall Quarry and other MDI villages. Mentions Charles and Ralph Sawyer, who began as peddlers, then opened a store in Southwest Harbor.
Hall Quarry
Hall’s Quarry in operation over looking Somes Sound. Tram tracks run to shore. Cut blocks of granite piled near wharf. Three master schooner along side Quarry. Several small buildings visible. Image fading. Water stains at top of photo. Lo…
Ed Pete Richardson
Manuscript written by Doris Grant, possibly in the 1980s, about Ed Pete Richardson of Hall Quarry. Mentions entertainment in A.J. Whiting's Hall, including "Nick o' the Woods" ; picking up mail in Somesville and delivering it to C.J. Hall'…
The Chapel at Hall Quarry
Memories of the chapel at Hall Quarry, written by Doris Grant, possibly in the 1980s: 2 handwritten versions (They have not been compared to see if they are identical. Mentions its use as a school and community center as well as a religiou…
Hall Quarry: The Little Town That Wasn’t There
Covers the beginnings of the village, boom years, growing pains and the end of the Standard Granite Company, renewal, good times and hard, its decline and rise, and Hall Quarry now.
