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Edna Latham, born in 1890, and family lived in Northfield. The back of this postcard has written "Edna Latham's school room," so we assume she must be one of the students. The teacher is not identified, and neither is the school. Northfield had a…

This artistic winter scene was taken by Harriet B. Ellis, who, with her husband Benjamin, lived in Roxbury, Vermont. According to an article in the Dog River Crier, Harriet was selling her postcards at stores in Northfield in 1979, all of local…

What Vermont town is without at least one church? Northfield has several, and this is just one, St. Mary's Episcopal Church located on Main Street. According to author Jane Bryant in her article about the history of the church in our newsletter, the…

According to the donor of this postcard, who was a 1923 Northfield High School graduate, he thinks the picture was taken in front of the Northfield Trust Company after the scouts visited Jenkins Bakery (note the small sacks and treats some are…

Before Facebook, Instagram and other social media, people would have home photos made into postcards, probably sending them out to friends and family. This postcard shows the Latham Family of Northfield. Starting at the top row, left-to-right are:…

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…

The broad view of the Norwich University Cavalry Drill, for its Centennial celebration, shows the formation of cadets and horses on the Upper Parade Grounds of the campus. Horses were an active part of the university in the first part of the 20th…

This large Victorian residence, with an equally elaborate carriage house, was built by Joseph Gould (1809-1876), who owned a woolen mill in Northfield Falls, which he purchased in 1857. Behind the house, connected by a covered bridge of lattice work,…

A photograph of the "victory archway" erected to commemorate the return of Barre veterans returning from the First World War. This archway remained in this spot in City Hall Park only temporarily, and was later replaced by Barre's famous "Youth…

Five horse-drawn wagons and employees of the F. D. Ladd Cash Market pose in front of the Stillman Wood Block in Barre, Vermont. This location was 63 N Main Street, but is now 59 N Main Street and today (October 2017) houses a Copy World, the Central…

Two photographs of employees of Calder & Richardson posing outside the company office building with trucks and horse drawn vehicles. Calder & Richardson was a coal and oil company located in Barre's Depot Square. Another version of this photo is…

A photograph of the Granite Block at 36 North Main Street in winter, where the Granite Savings Bank & Trust Company, G. Herbert Pape Life & Fire Insurance, the office of lawyer J. Ward Carver, and Eaton Studio were located. A horse drawn sleigh, two…