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  • Collection: Historic Photos from Vermont Towns

Men Outside Barre City Hall

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A photograph of a group standing around the front steps of the Barre City Hall. Repository has names of some of the men in this image.

Baseball Team

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A photograph of the B&M baseball team posing on the field with their coach and a suited man. Repository has names of the men in this image.

Barre Baseball Field

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An image of a baseball game on the Italian Athletic Club (I.A.C.) grounds on Berlin Street in Barre, Vermont, September 7, 1912. The site of the ballfield is today (2020) the site of Thygesen's Sports on Smith Street and the commercial buildings on…

Central Vermont Railroad freight depot

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An image of employees of the Central Vermont Railway, including superintendent William F. Bradford (fourth from left), standing in front of the freight Depot in Barre.

William F. Bradford and Central Vermont Railroad

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An image of William F. Bradford (far right), freight office superintendent for the Central Vermont Railway, standing with a group of CV Railway employees by one of the engines.

East Hardwick Train Wreck

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An image of a St. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain Railroad train that left the rails and plunged down an embankment two miles out of the Hardwick train station, April 10, 1907. One passenger was killed in the accident.

W. A. Stowell Engine

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An image of the W. A. Stowell Engine, in Montpelier on the tracks for the Montpelier and Wells River Railroad. The engine was named for William A. Stowell, a superintendent for the White Mountains Division of the Boston and Lowell Railroad, the St.…

Suburban Service, Montpelier & Wells River Railroad

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Two Montpelier & Wells River Railroad images: one of a group of men standing next to the depot in Barre with a train waiting by the platform, and the other of the train's crew standing by the engine just beyond the Barre station.

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…

Civil War Memorial

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This photo was taken later than 1885, but surprisingly it is the only postcard in our collection that features just the Civil War monument. The town voted in 1885 to appropriate $500 to build a monument to those Northfield men who fought in the Civil…

Theatorium in the Old Village Hall

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Situated at the bottom of Central Street, near Depot Square and the train station, this building was many things: village hall, fire station, jail, theatorium, meeting place and even a lyric theater. The building is older than 1908, but we date this…