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  • Collection: Historic Photos from Vermont Towns

Alpine Motel Color

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Postcard with color photograph of the Alpine Motel at the junction of US Routes 302 and 2 in Montpelier, Vermont. There are eight doors visible down the length of the rectangular motel, with one window per room. The motel appears to be white with a…

Central Street, Northfield, Vt.

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This color postcard which appears to be part photograph-part hand drawing and hand-tinted, shows the stateliness of the elms that graced this north-south street in Northfield that runs parallel to Main Street. Alas, all the elms are gone, however a…

Brown Public Library

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Built in 1906 at a cost of $25,000, Northfield's only public library building was named after its principle benefactor, George Washington Brown, a Northfield native who eventually became a very wealthy man as a high official of the United Shoe…

Northfield, Vt. Dog River showing Drive Bridge

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A bucolic scene, showing a bridge over the Dog River, which connects the village downtown area to Water Street and other homes on the west side of town. Peaceful now, the Dog River wreaked havoc and destruction in both the November flood of 1927 and…

Depot Square, Northfield, Vt.

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This color postcard provides a good bird's-eye-view of Northfields business district and Common, including the Civil War Monument. The train station (now a bank) can be seen behind the Common, and the bandstand to the left of the Common. And if you…

Family on veranda, 77 Berlin Street

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Nine people standing on the porch of a house that today has the address of 77 Berlin Street, Montpelier, Vermont. This area was part of Berlin, Vermont, when this photo was taken, probably in the summer of 1898.

Craig Durham, on 12/19/2020, wrote:…

Four men on porch

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Four men stand on the porch of a house, perhaps in Montpelier or Berlin, Vermont.

Four people outside clapboard house

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Three people sit on the front steps of a clapboard house while a woman stands behind them with a broom. A young man on the steps holds a newspaper, turned toward the camera. This house is located on Berlin Street in Montpelier, Vermont, along the…

Man and woman by a house

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A man and a woman stand by their house, perhaps in Montpelier, Vermont.

Clapboard house on brick foundation, 47 Moscow Woods Road, East Calais

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A clapboard house stands atop a full-height brick foundation. An elevated porch projects from the first floor. A protected staircase provides access to the porch. This house is located at 47 Moscow Woods Road in East Calais. The second floor porch…

Two Men on Bicycles

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Two men sit on their bicycles near a house, probably at 51 Berlin Street in Montpelier, Vermont. Based on another photograph in our collection, the man on the left is probably "Mr. Hammond."

Woman with Child in Carriage, 93 Berlin Street

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A woman stands near a house with two children, one in a carriage and the other seated. A sign above the front door says "Town Clerk" and the number "19" is below the sign. This building now has the address 93 Berlin Street, Montpelier. When this…