Tennie Toussaint Photographs

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.

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Miniature of Village view
Village view
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    • Date Created: 1900
    • Description: View of North Danville, village green is in middle of the photograph, church on the left hand side.
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    Miniature of Men and women standing on the roof and in front of a building
    Men and women standing on the roof and in front of a building
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      • 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.
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      Miniature of Family seated insde a house reading and knitting.
      Family seated insde a house reading and knitting.
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        • Date Created: 1900
        • Description: Family seated insde a house reading and knitting.
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        Miniature of Village view with team of oxen on road
        Village view with team of oxen on road
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          • Date Created: 1900
          • Description: Village view with a man leading a team of oxen on road, and a horse and wagon behind them. Houses on either side of the road, with a hillside rising in the background. Firewood is split and piled in two of the yards.
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          Miniature of Store
          Store
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            • Date Created: 1900
            • Description: View of the Kelsey store in North Danville that sold groceries and Waverly shoes, and also served as the post office. Two women and two children are pictured standing on the porch. After the store burned down, the site was home to Elgin Gates' blacksmith shop and then Arthur Sanborn's house.
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            Miniature of John Weeks store in North Danville, Vt.
            John Weeks store in North Danville, Vt.
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              • Date Created: 1900
              • Description: John Weeks store in North Danville, Vt.
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              Miniature of Church
              Church
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                • Date Created: 1900
                • Description: North Danville Baptist Church, built in 1868.
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                Miniature of Deer hanging upside down surrounded by hunters
                Deer hanging upside down surrounded by hunters
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                  • Date Created: 1900
                  • Description: Deer hanging upside down surrounded by about twenty hunters, the Langmaids and Chickerings, on Walden Mountain. Many of the hunters are holding rifles. Small tent is set up in the background. Solomon Langmaid is fourth from the left, just to the right of the deer. William Knapp Langmaid is also in the picture.
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                  Miniature of Men with horses and wagons at the bottom of the Pumpkin Hill Bridge in Danville, Vermont
                  Men with horses and wagons at the bottom of the Pumpkin Hill Bridge in Danville, Vermont
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                    • Date Created: 1900
                    • Description: Men with horses and wagons at the bottom of the Pumpkin Hill Bridge in Danville, Vermont
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                    Miniature of Two men pictured in front of Pumpkin Hill bridge in Danville, Vermont
                    Two men pictured in front of Pumpkin Hill bridge in Danville, Vermont
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                      • Date Created: 1900
                      • Description: Two men pictured in front of Pumpkin Hill bridge in Danville, Vermont, which is under construction.
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