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  • Collection: Historic Photos from Vermont Towns

"W. Robertson Mill Help"

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Six men and six women on loading dock at Robertson Paper Mill, 1899.

"E. Patterson with load"

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Horse and wagon in front of current Catholic Church at 123 Main Street and Ellis house at 119 Main Street, 1899.

"P. A. Fuller boy & steers"

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Boy with steers hitched to wagon with hay? On road lined with stone walls with house and barns in background, 1899.

"W. A. Cole Paper Co. Girls good"

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Eight women and one man by wall of paper mill, 1905.

"Depot"

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Three men on platform of Putney Depot, 1900.

"Cole Paper Mill girls"

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Five women and one man at loading dock of paper mill, November 1908.

"Working on culvert near depot"

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Construction work at railroad culvert near the train depot, no date.

"Webbers Ferry"

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Hand operated ferry crossing Connecticut River with horse and carriage.

"Laughton mending harness"

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Man working on porch, 1902.

Three former school houses

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On the left is District 2 schoolhouse, moved to current site 2011, and now the Stowe Historical Society Museum. In the middle is the District 11 School, moved in 1909 and now a school museum. On the right is District 6 and High School, now the Stowe…

District 2 school "West Branch"

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Built in 1879 as replacement for smaller building, this building served as a school until the opening of the consolidated elementary school in the village in 1954. From then until 2006 it served as St John's in the Mountains Church. It was moved and…

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…