Tennie Toussaint Photographs

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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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Title: Tennie Toussaint Photographs
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Subject: Portrait photographs, Group portraits, Horses, Winter, Houses, Lumber industry, Railroads, Mills, Maple sugar industry, Railroad bridges, Barns
Description: 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 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.
Publisher: University of Vermont Libraries, Center for Digital Initiatives
Contributor: Toussaint, Tennie (Creator)
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Type: Collection, StillImage, Photographs
Format: nonprojected graphic
Identifier: uvmcdi:toussaint, local: tennietoussaint
Source: Tennie Toussaint Photographs
Language: eng
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Coverage: Danville, (Vt.)
Rights: Requests to reproduce this item should be sent to the UVM Libraries' Center for Digital Initiatives at cdi@uvm.edu.

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Title: Group portrait at the edge of the woods
Date Created: 1900
Description: Group of women and children and one man sitting at the edge of the woods.

Title: Group with horses in front of a sugarhouse
Date Created: 1900
Description: Horses pulling sap into the sugarhouse. Man pictured in the doorway. Smoke coming from chimney. Boy pictured in front with sled. Two individuals pictured in the back, one is driving the horses, the other is carrying two buckets.

Title: Harvesting ice
Date Created: 1900
Description: Group of men, women, and children picture with ice blocks and ice harvesting tools.

Title: Horses pulling a snow roller
Date Created: 1900
Description: Four horses pulling two men on top of a snow roller, in order to pack the snow on a road.

Title: House
Date Created: 1900
Description: Group pictured in front of a house.

Title: House and barns across a field with rolling hills and fields in the background.
Date Created: 1900
Description: View of house and barns across a field with rolling hills and fields in the background.

Title: House with family on porch
Date Created: 1900
Description: Family standing on porch of house, barn pictured in background.

Title: John Weeks store in North Danville, Vt.
Date Created: 1900
Description: John Weeks store in North Danville, Vt.

Title: John Weeks store in North Danville, Vt.
Date Created: 1900
Description: John Weeks store in North Danville, Vt.

Title: Loading hay
Date Created: 1900
Description: Three men loading hay onto a wagon pulled by two horses.

Title: Lucius Stanton and an unidentified friend enjoy a glass of cider
Date Created: 1900
Description: 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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Title: Man leaning against a building next to a stream and dam
Date Created: 1900
Description: 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.

Title: Man with dog
Date Created: 1900
Description: Benjamin D. Hartshorn with his dog, Samson.

Title: Man, horse, and carriage with two women
Date Created: 1900
Description: 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.

Title: Men and horses in front of a sugarhouse
Date Created: 1900
Description: Portrait of men with horses and sled pulling maple sap into the sugarhouse.

Title: Men and women standing on the roof and in front of a building
Date Created: 1900
Description: Group of men and women standing on the roof and in front of a building. Structure is probably related to North Danville sawmill operations.

Title: Men loading logs onto a train car
Date Created: 1900
Description: Group of men in the process of loading logs onto train cars for removal from the woods. Large piles of logs are on one side of the railroad tracks.

Title: Men sawing wood
Date Created: 1900
Description: Group of men sawing wood. Quality of original negative is poor.

Title: Men with horses and wagons at the bottom of the Pumpkin Hill Bridge in Danville, Vermont
Date Created: 1900
Description: Men with horses and wagons at the bottom of the Pumpkin Hill Bridge in Danville, Vermont

Title: North Danville sawmill
Date Created: 1900
Description: 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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