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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- Harvesting ice
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- 1900
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Group of men, women, and children picture with ice blocks and ice harvesting tools.
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- Horses pulling a snow roller
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- 1900
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Four horses pulling two men on top of a snow roller, in order to pack the snow on a road.
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- House
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- 1900
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Group pictured in front of a house.
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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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- House with family on porch
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- 1900
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Family standing on porch of house, barn pictured in background.
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- John Weeks store in North Danville, Vt.
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- 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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- Loading hay
- Date Created
- 1900
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Three men loading hay onto a wagon pulled by two horses.
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- Lucius Stanton and an unidentified friend enjoy a glass of cider
- Date Created
- 1900
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Used in a Burlington Free Press article (February 27, 1969) by Tennie Toussaint, "Early Vermonters Found Cash, Conviviality in 'Hard Likker': Potato Whiskey Ads Once Familiar." Caption for photo is "Lucius Stanton, right, and an unidentified friend enjoy a glass of cider in the front yard of...
Show moreUsed in a Burlington Free Press article (February 27, 1969) by Tennie Toussaint, "Early Vermonters Found Cash, Conviviality in 'Hard Likker': Potato Whiskey Ads Once Familiar." Caption for photo is "Lucius Stanton, right, and an unidentified friend enjoy a glass of cider in the front yard of Stanton's farm home above North Danville. The property is now the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Langmaid. This photo was probably taken about 1900."
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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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- Man with dog
- Date Created
- 1900
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Benjamin D. Hartshorn with his dog, Samson.
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- Man, horse, and carriage with two women
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- 1900
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A member of the Langmaid family holding the head of a horse, which is pulling a carriage with two women seated in it. Picture taken in front of Elgin Gates' house. Mrs. Gates is the older woman on the wagon.
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- Men and horses in front of a sugarhouse
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- 1900
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Portrait of men with horses and sled pulling maple sap into the sugarhouse.
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- Men and women standing on the roof and in front of a building
- Date Created
- 1900
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Group of men and women standing on the roof and in front of a building. Structure is probably related to North Danville sawmill operations.
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- Men with horses and wagons at the bottom of the Pumpkin Hill Bridge in Danville, Vermont
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- 1900
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Men with horses and wagons at the bottom of the Pumpkin Hill Bridge in Danville, Vermont
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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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- Portrait of a seated older woman.
- Date Created
- 1900
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Portrait of a seated older woman.
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- Portrait of two women.
- Date Created
- 1900
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Portrait of two women.
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- Railroad workers
- Date Created
- 1900
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Group of railroad workers standing next to the rail line they are laying down. Steam engine used for power is also pictured.
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- Railroad workers loading dirt into train cars
- Date Created
- 1900
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Railroad workers loading dirt into train cars.