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A picture of the Lower Falls of the Winooski River by the American Woolen Company in Winooski, Vermont. This picture was taken in the afternoon of Friday, November 3, 1927, after the bridge collapsed.

A letter written by Minerva Skinner to her brother-in-law Daniel Lillie Burnett describing the 1927 flood in South Royalton, Vermont. Also includes the envelope and one original snapshot of the flood area.

A letter from Minerva Skinner to "Isabelle" (presumably her sister Isabella Pearl Martin) describing the 1927 flood in South Royalton, Vermont.

A letter sent from Frank L. Start at Burlington, Vermont on November 14, 1927, to Frances Hobart at Concord, New Hampshire in response to a letter sent by Frances Hobart in the aftermath of the 1927 flood in Vermont.

State Street, Montpelier, Vermont, during the flood of 1927. The National Life Insurance Co. headquarters building, now the state office building at 133 State Street, is on the left, and the Pavilion Hotel is in the distance on the right. Flood…

An article in a bulletin of the Free Public Library Department of the State Board of Education and of the State Library titled "Flood Damage to Vermont Libraries." This article was published in Volume 23 of the bulletin, which covered December…

A broadside distributed by the Waterbury Disaster Committee and the State Board of Health advising citizens of Waterbury, Vermont on how to project themselves from Typhoid fever and other diseases in the aftermath of the 1927 flood.

A notice that the town water supply in Waterbury, Vermont is now safe for use, and that drinking from spring water, or other sources of water is prohibited. It is certified by Dr. F.S. Kent from the State Board of Health and C.B. Adams, Chairman of …

A letter written by Ada Whitney, living in Hyde Park, Vermont, to Edith Reilly of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, about her dislike of the cold Vermont weather, life in Hyde Park, the aftermath of the flood of 1927, and her family vacations.

State Street, Montpelier, Vermont, in the aftermath of the flood of 1927. The Vermont Supreme Court is on the left and the Pavilion Hotel is on the right. Debris, including a wrecked car, is in the foreground.

The Winooksi River overflows its banks and inundates a home on the south bank at Bolton Ferry in Bolton, Vermont. A man in a canoe rows towards the house. The view is looking north-northeast toward the village of Bolton.

The power of the flood water is demonstrated in Springfield, Vermont, where the Black River is rushing through town towards the Connecticut.