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Farwell Street, Newton Street, and Elmwood Avenue in the city of Barre.

Two photographs of the center of Barre taken forty years apart in 1881 and 1921 from the same spot behind the Congregational Church, accompanied by a description of the buildings in the earlier photograph. Note that the steeple of the church was…

City of Barre as seen from the air in 1954. North Main Street is in the center of the image.

Men doing construction work on Washington St., Barre. A steam roller can be seen in the distance, suggesting that this may be a paving project. Trolley tracks run down the middle of the street.

A large group of men and boys admire the laying of paving stones on Main St., Barre. Trolley tracks run down the middle of the street and a pile of granite pavers can be seen in the foreground.

Carlo Abate, sculptor, free hand drawing teacher, and editor of an anarchist newspaper.

Sculptor Bruno Sarzanini sculpting plaster.

Charles Pamperl, a drawing school teacher, among a group of pigeons, in front of the Barre Post Office, January 22, 1945

This is actually the Second Northfield House, as the first one, built by Gov. Charles Paine (1841-42) in 1837, was destroyed by fire in 1879. This new Northfield House was built in 1880 and was both a hotel and boardinghouse, but it, too, was…

In 1936, Northfield resident Cordelia DeLary purchased the former Shuttleworth House on Vine Street for the purpose of turning it into a local hospital. A great deal of fundraising was set in motion, as well as major structural changes made to the…

The spectacular 1927 flood in Vermont has been documented with hundreds of photos showing the devastation of towns throughout the state. Northfield has its own set of images of the destruction of homes and businesses in town. However, this particular…

Erected around 1875, this brick woolen mill replaced a previous structure that had burned in 1873. The original builder and owner was Joseph Gould, who sold the woolen mill to Charles M. Davis in 1900. The quality of the wool was so high that in 1928…