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President Coolidge receives Arthur Sears Henning
President Calvin Coolidge receives Arthur Sears Henning, a Washington correspondent and political analyst for the Chicago Daily Tribune who would later become infamous for the incorrect 'Dewey Defeats Truman' headline following the 1948 presidential…
President Coolidge lays cornerstone for National Press Club
President Calvin Coolidge stands on the site of what would become the National Press Building, which served as the headquarters of the National Press Club until being sold in 2011 to a development company, April 8, 1926.
Central Vermont Wreck, Northfield, VT, Engine 703, May 3, 1936
Onlookers do not seem too concerned about their safety as they get up close to view this devastating train wreck. According to a newspaper report in the May 7, 1936, Burlington Free Press, a brakeman was killed by escaping steam and the engineer was…
Railroad Station, Northfield, VT
Northfield's railroad station, looking from the track side into the main downtown area known as The Common. The station used to have two extensions, on either side of the main building, but they were lost in a fire sometime around 1917. Today the…
The Cheney Family respectfully announce that they will give a concert : of vocal music with instrumental accompaniments
Printed on yellow paper and with border of printer's decorations
The Cheney Family respectfully announce that they will give a concert : of vocal music with instrumental accompaniments, [Friday] evening, [March 27] at [the Meetinghouse in Cuttingsville]
Printed on yellow paper and with border of printer's decorations.
A poem : written in Vermont / by a lad only 12 years of age
Eight verses, printed in 2 columns. Topic of the poem is God's love.
Windsor Academy. The property of [Reuben Washburn]
Probably used as frontispiece to book. Border design and woodcut of school establish date between 1811 and 1820.
Vermont rule for partial payments
Vermont law for computation of annual interest on notes. Includes examples, exercises and answers.
[Reward of merit] : Going to school. The bearer [Miss Eunice Lane] receives this as a token of the praise [she] merits for [her] faithfulness and good behavior in school from her teacher [Samuel Wm. Preut? Jr.]
Engraving signed "S.S. Jocelyn, Sc" probably Simeon Smith Jocelyn. See: American Collector, V.16, no.11, pp.6-9.
The New York Cash Store : an historical account of it
Charles Dana and son operated store until 1884.
The new "Pavilion" in Montpelier, Vt.
Full description of interior of building probably intended to accompany floor plan.
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Marshfield Methodist Church
The Methodist congregation voted to build this church in 1878 after the original Methodist church in the village burned. It is identified as the M. E.…