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  • Collection: Historic Photos from Vermont Towns

Fig. 39. Merrill's Garage, c. 1950.

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Across River Street from the Garcia house was a wrecking garage used to repair and service vehicles of all shapes and sizes at all hours of the day and night.

Fig. 40. Rock of Ages Eureka Plant #6, c. 1950.

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Rock of Ages Eureka Plant #6 was diagonally across the street from the Garcia house on River Street in Montpelier.

"G's Surrey in our Back Yard, Aug 5, 1908"

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George Gilbert and family in his horse-drawn wagon behind Hunt Gilberts home on the Dorset (Vt) West Road.

"Aeolus from our Porch, 1908"

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Mt. Aeolus and Owl's Head, with view of quarries, corn shocks and the corner of a summer tent beside the Dorset (Vt.) West Road

"Dorset Inn"

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Intersection of Church Street and Route 30, looking east, Dorset Vt. Also visible are Armstrong's General Store and The Pinnacle.

"Saddleback from Mr. Alexander's"

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Stone wall, corn shocks and pumpkins in foreground, with Saddleback and Jackson Peak in the background. Looking east from Dorset (Vt.) West Road.

"Chicken Farm from our Piazza"

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Maple Hill in background, chickens and chicken coops in field, along the Dorset (Vt.) West Road at Hunt Gilbert's poultry farm

Howard Johnson's Postcard 1

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Color postcard of the Howard Johnson's restaurant on Route 302 in Berlin, Vermont. The image shows the restaurant with its famous cupula and three blue cars parked alongside. The building is white with a light orange roof and robin's-egg-blue…

District 11 school "Bloody Brook"

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The second schoolhouse in District 11 was built circa 1845. It was moved in 1909 from Cape Cod and West Hill (now Weeks Hill ) road to the village. It housed grades 1-3 until 1954 when the elementary school opened and became a music room for the next…

Fig. 13. Portion of E. W. Bailey building, 1927

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Portion of E. W. Bailey building on west side of Main Street, damaged by the 1927 flood. The State House dome can be seen in the distance.

Fig. 46. Railroad Yards, 1929.

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Railroad Yards of the Montpelier & Wells River and Central Vermont Railroads, as seen from the top of the E. W. Bailey Grain elevator, 1929. The number of tracks here has been reduced to one and the area is now known as Stone Cutters Way.

Twin City Motel Interior

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Color postcard showing both an interior and exterior view of the Twin City Motel on US Route 302 in Berlin, Vermont. The upper left quadrant of the postcard shows the inside of a room or cabin at the motel, including a bed, nightstand with a radio, a…