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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…

This building originally housed the Vermont Hosiery & Machinery Company, where hosiery was knitted using equipment purchased from the Lasherhose Company in Bennington, Vt.. Starting in 1907, the company employed ten workers and used ten Lasher…

Camp Wihakowi for girls was started by Professor and Mrs. Arthur Winslow and Mr. & Mrs. E.W. Clark on the site of the Northfield fairgrounds in 1921. Later they moved the camp to a site near Harlow Bridge (Route 12A) and then eventually to Bull Run…

This more modern color postcard features the first covered bridge you drive through on Cox Brook Road, which wends its way over to Moretown. The bridge was built in 1872 and spans the Dog River. On the back of the postcard someone has written that a…

On December 23, 1928, a raging fire destroyed several buildings on the north side of Northfield's Common. Firefighters from Northfield and Montpelier fought the blaze in minus 10 degree temperatures. Apartments, as well as many viable businesses,…

Two Norwich University cadets guard the entrance to the campus. This entrance is an extension of Central Street, looking south to the campus. We can date the photo because to the far left is the U.S. Weather Bureau station, which was built in 1909.…

This bird's-eye-view of Northfield's Depot Square is looking to the east. Granite sheds are in the middle of the photograph, and the Universalist Church cupola is still standing, which indicates the picture was taken before 1928, when the church…

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,…

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…

This color postcard which appears to be part photograph-part hand drawing and hand-tinted, shows the stateliness of the elms that graced this north-south street in Northfield that runs parallel to Main Street. Alas, all the elms are gone, however a…

Before Facebook, Instagram and other social media, people would have home photos made into postcards, probably sending them out to friends and family. This postcard shows the Latham Family of Northfield. Starting at the top row, left-to-right are:…

According to the donor of this postcard, who was a 1923 Northfield High School graduate, he thinks the picture was taken in front of the Northfield Trust Company after the scouts visited Jenkins Bakery (note the small sacks and treats some are…