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The Night Shift Telephone Operator

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A blue pencil drawing of a night shift telephone operator sleeping on his bed after a shift. A window is open above his head showing a small bit of another hotel across the street. Along with another bed, the image features a closet with a private's…

The New York Cash Store : an historical account of it

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Charles Dana and son operated store until 1884.

The New Congregational Church

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After their original church burned in 1905, the congregation re-built. The new church had a stained glass window in the front. The old bell, which survived the fire, hangs in the new belfry. To the left of the church is the John & Jane Severance…

The new "Pavilion" in Montpelier, Vt.

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Full description of interior of building probably intended to accompany floor plan.

The Mosque near HQ

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A blue pencil drawing of the local mosque with a single tree in front of it. Nine people are pictured along with the surrounding streets and buildings. The closest person is a woman walking while holding her child. The mosque pictured is located near…

The Mosque

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A blue pencil drawing of a local Mosque. Drawn from a greater distance, only rough figures populate the foreground of the mosque. Trees line the streets, and the mosque stands at a split in the road with a single tree in front. 1944-10-01

The Metro Tram Station

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A pencil drawing of the metro station at the corner of Emil el Din and Fouad street. A large crowd of people is pictured with many locals and soldiers alike. There is also a tram pictured and the station building itself, a small building with…

The Marshfield House

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Wallace and Alice (Peck) Lambert pose on the porch of The Marshfield House, c 1905. The building was built in 1864 and the Lamberts purchased it in 1896, running it as a hotel to house traveling salesmen known as "drummers". There is a hammock strung…

The letters of Louden S. Langley

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Langley was an African- American born into a large farm family in Huntington, Vermont. Educated and articulate, he posted many newspaper editorials decrying the colonization schemes of the mid-1800's, the evils of slavery, and the unjust treatment of…

The Knoll Motel

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Photograph of the Knoll Motel, 1015 North Main St, Barre, Vermont. The postcard has the date 9/13/1966 written on it. The image depicts a boxy, pale salmon-colored L-shaped motel set back from the road surrounded by a green lawn, trees, and hillside.…

The Indian Philosopher

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Two poems on one sheet, "The Indian Philosopher" and "Few Happy Matches"

The harvest home / by Gen. F.W. Hopkins, written by request, and sung at the Vermont State Fair, Rutland, Sept. 2, 1852

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Poetry in five numbered stanzas with chorus printed within ornamental border on blue paper. First line: Ye sons of the Mountain, wake to glory. Sung to the tune: Marseilles [i.e. Marseillaise] hymn.