Antique & Vintage Postcards

Peering into the world's largest granite quarry — 350 feet of sheer sculpted stone walls dropping into emerald water below — this chrome postcard from Rock of Ages in Barre, Vermont, documents the industrial grandeur of a quarry worker in a red hard hat guiding a massive granite block suspended from a derrick crane, while inset panels show the polished modern showroom and monument manufacturing plant above ground. Posted in August 1970 from North Bridgton with a 6¢ Eisenhower stamp, the card carries a message from Jean to a Mrs. Maude in Tallmadge, Ohio: "In Maine now. Really beautiful country! Saw beautiful dolls at the Shelburne Museum in Vermont. Hope to see some more." Rock of Ages granite has built monuments across America — this quarry has operated continuously since 1885 and remains one of Vermont's most visited industrial tourism sites.