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  • Collection: Berlin: Barre-Montpelier Road

Barre-Montpelier Road, 1990

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View of the Barre-Montpelier Road looking toward Montpelier, 1990. Many traffic lights and directional signs hang overhead. Sings for McDonald's, Firestone, Harry's, Burger King, and a Chrysler/Plymouth/Dodge dealer can be seen.

Wayside Postcard 2

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Color postcard of The Wayside Restaurant on Route 302 in Berlin, Vermont. The photograph features wood siding on the left side of the restaurant, large windows, the Wayside lettering on the brick chimney, along with an empty parking lot and hillside…

Arnholm's Motel Antiques Color

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Color postcard with two images of Arnholm's Motel Antiques on the Barre-Montpelier Road/US Route 302 in Barre, Vermont. The postcard is portrait orientation, with the top half depicting an interior of a motel room. The walls are wood-paneled and…

DeSoto Plymouth Dealer, 1940s

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DeSoto Plymouth dealer, 265 River Street, Montpelier, Vermont. Texaco gasoline bought by Donald Walker in 1953.

Alpine Motel Black and White

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Postcard with black and white 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 and a chair outside of each…

Arnholm's Motel Antiques Black and White

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Postcard with two black and white images of Arnholm's Motel Antiques on the Barre-Montpelier Road/US Route 302, Barre, Vermont. The left half of the postcard shows the interior of a motel room. There is a double bed with shiny, ruffled pillowcases…

Heiress Motel 2

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Color photograph of The Heiress Motel at 573 No. Main St, Barre, Vermont. The hotel was clearly renovated by the time this image was created (some number of years after HeiressMotel1.jpg.) The image shows an L-shaped motel, painted white with blue…

The Knoll Motel

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Photograph of the Knoll Motel, 1015 North Main St, Barre, Vermont. The postcard has the date 9/13/1966 written on it. The image depicts a boxy, pale salmon-colored L-shaped motel set back from the road surrounded by a green lawn, trees, and hillside.…

LeMay's Motel and Cabins

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Black and white photograph of LeMay's Motel and Cabins, on US Route 302 in Barre, Vermont. The Motel is built into the hill, with the photograph drawing attention to a section with the office. There are lawn chairs and shiny spherical garden…

Traveler's Rest 1

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Black and white photograph with sepia tone shows five individual cabins at the Traveler's Rest Motel, labelled as Montpelier, Vermont, but were actually located on the Barre-Montpelier Road in the town of Berlin. Outside of each structure there is a…

Traveler's Rest 2

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Black and white photograph with sepia tone shows The Traveler's Rest Motel. Interestingly, while this photo is labeled as Barre, Vermont, the building is actually located in Berlin; Barre was merely the mailing address. The Barre-Montpelier Road runs…

Twin City Cabins

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Black and white photograph of the Twin City Motel cabins 1537 US Route 302, Berlin, Vermont. A larger cabin with a sign reading, "Cabins Open," (seemingly the office,) is set in front of a row of ten smaller cabins for rent. There may be more cabins…