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Poster for the Paradise Skating Rink located at 375 River Street, Montpelier. Poster shows a Caucasian family of three holding hands and smiling while roller skating. The mother and daughter match with blonde bobs, white sweaters and roller skates,…

View of the Barre-Montpelier Road looking east toward Barre from the approximate location of today's Burger King at 1331 Barre-Montpelier Road. The stacked lumber is near where a large building that houses the Vermont Lottery Commission and Express…

The Lobster Pot Restaurant, formerly located in downtown Montpelier, moved to the Barre-Montpelier Road in 1995 and took over the old Tower Restaurant building.

The Barre-Montpelier Road in Vermont was and still is known for its numerous car dealerships. The Walker Volkswagen dealership is an usual example of an modern-style show room with large windows and a soaring roof line.

View of the Barre-Montpelier Road looking toward Montpelier, 1990. Many traffic lights and directional signs hang overhead. Sings for McDonald's, Firestone, Harry's, Burger King, and a Chrysler/Plymouth/Dodge dealer can be seen.

DeSoto Plymouth dealer, 265 River Street, Montpelier, Vermont. Texaco gasoline bought by Donald Walker in 1953.

This is how the stretch of Route 302 looking south towards Barre, near what is currently Cody Chevrolet (2021) in Montpelier, Vermont, looked like after electric lines were installed but before the road was paved. One can see undeveloped land with…

A monument to Daniel P. Thompson (1795-1868), author of The Green Mountain Boys and other works, was dedicated by the DAR on May 25, 1929. Dorman B.E. Kent (1875-1951), librarian of the Vermont Historical Society, gave an address and stands at the…

Walker Motors was a Ford Dealership at 265 River Street in Montpelier, Vermont, from 1953 until 2009. This postcard shows the new 1957 Fords and a bright red Texaco star outside of the dealership

Aerial photo of the Barre-Montpelier Road showing the old Twin City Drive-in Theater, ca 1948. A shopping center opened at the site of the drive-in in May of 1949. Across from the drive-in is Traveler's Rest Cabins with a big cement building in the…

Light green business card from Greenlawn Guests on US Route 302 / Barre-Montpelier Rd, in Barre, Vermont. In addition to location, the card advertises Beautyrest Mattresses, the telephone number GRanite 6-4214, and the proprietor Laurence K. Rossi.

This is how the intersection of Routes 2 and 302, looking southwest toward Barre, appeared in the 1880s. There was a road along the railroad tracks on the north side of the Winooski River. A footbridge and a covered bridge crossed the river. The big…