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  • Collection: Montpelier Photographs

Fig. 4. Lane Shop employees, c. 1890

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Lane Shop employees, c. 1890.

Fig. 5. Berlin mills, c. 1871

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Berlin mills, as seen from the Washington Courthouse tower, c. 1871. The buildings on the far side of the Winooski River were in Berlin when this photograph was taken. The steeple of Christ Church is seen in the foreground. A railroad bed and bridge…

Fig. 6. Vermont Central Railroad station, 1873

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This view, taken from the State House looking southeast towards the Main Street covered bridge, shows the Montpelier passenger depot of the Vermont Central (later known as the Central Vermont) on the right side of the photograph. It also shows the…

Fig. 7. Montpelier Manufacturing Company, 1891

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Montpelier Manufacturing Company, later Colton's Saddlery Hardware, 1891, on the Berlin side of the Winooski. The southern end of the Red Arch Bridge is at the left side of the photograph.

Fig. 8. Montpelier Manufacturing employees, no date.

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Montpelier Manufacturing employees with State House to the west, no date. The street where the employees are standing was Winooski Ave. which was later changed to Memorial Drive.

Fig. 9. Model of wooden clothes pin

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Large scale model of wooden U. S. Clothes Pin on the ground at the Montpelier Manufacturing Company complex. Standing next to it is the model's creator, Charles H. Ellicott Jr., 1920s. This model clothes pin was displayed on top of the building at…

Fig. 10. E. W. Bailey Mill, 1893

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Lithograph of wooden E. W. Bailey Mill, on an invoice for E. W. Bailey & Co., dated October 3, 1893, detail.

Fig. 11. E. W. Bailey grain elevator, 1955

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Reinforced concrete E. W. Bailey grain elevator as seen from Northfield Street and across the Winooski River, 1955.

Fig. 12. Montpelier Granite Works, c. 1896

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Montpelier Granite Works, c. 1896. The Red Arch Bridge can be seen at the left of the photograph and the E. W. Bailey mill can be seen at the right.

Fig. 13. Portion of E. W. Bailey building, 1927

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Portion of E. W. Bailey building on west side of Main Street, damaged by the 1927 flood. The State House dome can be seen in the distance.

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.

Fig. 15. Home of Lester Greene's patented medicine, c. 1898

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Home of Lester Greene's patented medicine on Berlin Street on the south bank of the Winooski River, c. 1898.