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  • Collection: Historic Photos from Vermont Towns

Trailers

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View of two trailers next to a large puddle with the reflection of one trailer and clouds above. The possible location of this photograph is the Fecteau Homes lot at 375 River Street, Montpelier, Vermont.

Pool and Oil Tanks

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View of a motel swimming pool at 573 North Main Street, in Barre, Vermont, presumably at the Heiress Motel. A child sits on the edge of the pool with an inner tube in the water someone doing a handstand in the water with only their legs visible.…

228 Barre-Montpelier Road

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View of the front of a residence at 228 Barre-Montpelier Road, Berlin, Vermont. There is a ladder propped up against the front and a repairman on the front roof. The lawn and trees are visible in the foreground. This residence remains much the same…

Northfield High School Basketball Team

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These seven young men all played basketball for Northfield High School for the academic year of 1912-1913. The photo was obviously taken in Northfield's professional photography studio, as evidenced by the painted backdrop. We are not certain who the…

Norwich University Cavalry Drill

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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…

Twin City Motel Exterior

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Color postcard of the Twin City Motel on US Route 302 in Berlin, Vermont. A red and white sign with a clown and balloons graphic advertises the motel with "Deluxe Units, Simmons Beds, Nylon Carpets, Central Heat, TV, Commercial Rates [and] Vacancy."…

Men with musical instruments drinking in woods

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Photograph of a group of Barre men, presumably from Bisuschio, Italy, celebrating in a wooded setting. Several men hold mugs of a beverage. One has a rifle, one has an accordion, one has a cello, one has a doctor's bag, and one is sitting on a…

Large group with musical instruments drinking in woods

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Photograph of a large group of Barre residents, presumably from Bisuschio, Italy, celebrating in a wooded setting. Several men hold mugs of a beverage. One has an accordion, one has a cello, one has an open doctor's bag, one has a carved watermelon,…

Gould Residence, Gouldsville, Vt.

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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,…

Charles Pamperl

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

Fig. 14. E. W. Bailey building repurposed as Sarducci's Restaurant, c. 1995

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E. W. Bailey building, moved to new location on east side of Main Street, and currently occupied by Sarducci's Restaurant, c. 1995.

21 Main Street, American Legion

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American Legion Post #3 at 21 Main Street is housed in one of the few wood frame buildings remaining downtown. It probably dates from just after the Montpelier Fire of 1875 that flattened this area of the city. In this 1915 photograph P.J.…