Tennie Toussaint Photographs
Collection Overview
The Tennie Toussaint collection includes photographs of agricultural landscapes, logging, mills, barn raisings, and railroad bridges from the Danville, Vermont area, circa 1900. Tennie Toussaint was a columnist for the Burlington Free Press in the...
Show moreThe Tennie Toussaint collection includes photographs of agricultural landscapes, logging, mills, barn raisings, and railroad bridges from the Danville, Vermont area, circa 1900. Tennie Toussaint was a columnist for the Burlington Free Press in the 1960s - 1970s. In addition, she was an artist, librarian, made maple syrup, and refinished antique chairs.
The photographs were taken by Elgin Gates, a North Danville blacksmith. Other notable figures in this collection are Frank Valley, a carpenter responsible for a lot of the new barns built at this time and the remodeling of many local houses who was known for his meticulous craftmanship, and Arthur Sanborn, who owned the sawmill and whose home had modern touches such as electricity, an aluminum roof, and a stained glass window. The mill owned by Sanborn had previously been run by the McFarlands and produced one million board feet a year at its peak.
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- Boiling sap outdoors
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- 1900
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View of an outdoor sugar making operation. Pictured are sap buckets, a boiler over a wood-fire, logs for the fire, and an axe for cutting wood.
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- Building next to a stream and dam
- Date Created
- 1900
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View of a grist mill, one of the earliest buildings in North Danville, next to a stream and dam. The earliest mention of the mill is 1811 and it was taken down in 1913 by its owner, Arthur Sanborn. Also pictured is a small truss bridge on a large stone foundation.
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- Church
- Date Created
- 1900
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North Danville Baptist Church, built in 1868.
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- Culvert underneath Pumpkin Hill Bridge in Danville, Vermont
- Date Created
- 1900
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View of culvert underneath Pumpkin Hill Bridge in Danville, Vermont. Granite wall to support culvert and hold back embankment is under construction.
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- Dam with piles of logs in the background
- Date Created
- 1900
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View of a dam with piles of logs in the background. Dam was the source of power for the Sanborn sawmill and grist mill. Three men are standing on the edge of the water next to a small building (left to right, William Dumuskey, C. Wormwood, Mr. McFarland).
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- Danville general store
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- 1900
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View of Danville general store, the John Weeks store, and neighboring buildings from the southeast, ca. 1900.
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- Dirt road in winter
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- 1900
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Dirt road in winter with a wooden guard rail and a stone retaining wall between the road and a stream or river.
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- Farmhouse
- Date Created
- 1900
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View of a farmhouse. Wood piled on the side of the house. House features a front porch surrounded by several large trees.
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- House and barns across a field with rolling hills and fields in the background.
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- 1900
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View of house and barns across a field with rolling hills and fields in the background.
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- John Weeks store in North Danville, Vt.
- Date Created
- 1900
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John Weeks store in North Danville, Vt.
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- John Weeks store in North Danville, Vt.
- Date Created
- 1900
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John Weeks store in North Danville, Vt.
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- Man leaning against a building next to a stream and dam
- Date Created
- 1900
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Man leaning against a grist mill, one of the earliest buildings in North Danville, next to a stream and dam. The earliest mention of the mill is 1811 and it was taken down in 1913. Also pictured is a small truss bridge on a large stone foundation.
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- North Danville sawmill
- Date Created
- 1900
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Sanborn sawmill. Caption to Tennie Toussaint article in Burlington Free Press December 30, 1971 reads, "Taken at North Danville sawmill about 1900, this picture also could have been taken three weeks ago. The only changes are a small bridge in the center, which used to be wooden and is now iron,...
Show moreSanborn sawmill. Caption to Tennie Toussaint article in Burlington Free Press December 30, 1971 reads, "Taken at North Danville sawmill about 1900, this picture also could have been taken three weeks ago. The only changes are a small bridge in the center, which used to be wooden and is now iron, and the barn on the right is now gone."
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- Old North Church
- Date Created
- 1900
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Old North Church. Long open front porch and large front window. Built in 1832 for four denominations. Originally had windows on four sides. Porch height was set up to step off buggy or wagon.
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- Sap buckets
- Date Created
- 1900
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Collection of sap buckets at the bottom of a tree.
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- Several large log piles
- Date Created
- 1900
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Several large log piles, with smokestack in back for steam power. Ca. 1903.
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- Train crossing Pumpkin Hill bridge in Danville, Vermont
- Date Created
- 1900
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Train crossing Pumpkin Hill bridge in Danville, Vermont. Pictured is locomotive and eight cars, bridge, and culvert with granite wall support.
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- Unloading maple sap into sugarhouse
- Date Created
- 1900
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Men pouring maple sap from a horse drawn wagon, which drains into a container in a sugarhouse.
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- Village view
- Date Created
- 1900
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View of North Danville, village green is in middle of the photograph, church on the left hand side.
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- Village view
- Date Created
- 1900
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View of North Danville, village green is in middle of the photograph, church on the left hand side.