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  • Collection: Berlin: Barre-Montpelier Road

Tower Restaurant

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View of the Tower Restaurant at 1028 US Route 302 in Berlin, Vermont. The restaurant was owned by Hallmatt, Inc. A free-standing sign states "Tower Resauran, Pizzas-Italian Dishes- Submarines" and below "Breakfast served 9AM-12AM." Another sign reads…

Shopping Carts

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View of two rows of nestled shopping carts outside of a retail building in an unknown location, probably in Berlin, Vermont. A coin-op mechanical horse is visible in the upper left corner and a sign saying "Service Vehicles Only." The carts are…

Morse Family Shoe Stores

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View of the storefront of the former Morse Family Shoe Store on Barre-Montpelier Road in Berlin, Vermont. There are two handwritten signs taped to the window reading "Metal Racks for Sale" and "Glass and Mirrors for Sale." There is a shadow of a…

S[A]LE

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View of a dilapidated retail storefront in the Vermont Shopping Center at 1400 US Route 302, Berlin, Vermont. In the window, there are the letters SLE with the "A" missing to spell "Sale." There is detritus in the street by the sidewalk in the…

For Lease

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Storefront of closed retail building in Berlin, Vermont, with signs in the window to the right of the door reading "For Lease, Contact C.H. Julien, Northern Oil Co. Burl. 862-5724." There is a handwritten "Closed" sign on the door itself, and a sign…

Wrong Way

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View of the Barre-Montpelier Road / US Route 302 looking west with six traffic signs in foreground, reading or depicting symbolically "Do Not Enter," "Wrong Way," "Left Turn Only," "No Left Turn" and "Straight and Right Lane Only." In the background,…

Barre Lane

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Traffic sign on the Barre-Montpelier Road / US Route 302 in Berlin, Vermont. The sign is in the foreground and reads "Barre Lane" with arrow pointing towards left lower corner of frame. Hanging behind the sign are four traffic control signals.

Montpelier Lane

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Three traffic signs on the Barre-Montpelier Road / US Route 302 in Berlin, Vermont. The signs are on one signpost with arrows all pointing in the same direction off to the right of the frame. The signs read: "Montpelier Lane, Keep Right, and One…

Go Right Anytime to Barre

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Sign in Montpelier, Vermont, near the intersection of US Routes 2 and 302, directing motorists easterly to Barre on Route 302. The photograph includes the road itself, a railroad bridge, and another sign reading "Go Right Any Time to Barre." A modern…

Welcome to Barre

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View of the "Welcome to Barre, Granite Center of the World" sign on North Main St. / US Route 302 near what is now (2021) the Vermont Granite Museum. Across the road to the left is another sign that reads "Think," a Smokey the Bear Forest fire…

372 North Main Street

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Residence at 372 North Main Street, Barre, Vermont (corner of North Main Street and Vermont Route 62). Shows ornate residence, traffic signs, intersection, car driving past, pedestrian on sidewalk, and landscaper or service crew member. This is…

Keep Clean Freshly Painted

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Exterior of an abandoned storefront in Barre, Vermont. The left storefront window is covered with a tarp from inside the building and the reflection of trees opposite is visible in the window. There is a padlock on door, overgrown grass, a crack in…