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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66 Danville, VT

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65 1900 1 1910
Miniature of Building next to a stream and dam
Building next to a stream and dam
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    • Date Created: 1900
    • Description: 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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    Miniature of Horses pulling a snow roller
    Horses pulling a snow roller
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      • Date Created: 1900
      • Description: Four horses pulling two men on top of a snow roller, in order to pack the snow on a road.
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      Miniature of Family portrait, standing in front of house
      Family portrait, standing in front of house
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        • Date Created: 1900
        • Description: Family portrait. Family standing in front of house .
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        Miniature of Man with dog
        Man with dog
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          • Date Created: 1900
          • Description: Benjamin D. Hartshorn with his dog, Samson.
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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 Barn raising
            Barn raising
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              • Date Created: 1900
              • Description: Barn raising. Frame of barn is pictured with people standing and sitting on various levels of the frame and in front of the barn. Barn built by Frank Valley, local carpenter.
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              Miniature of Barn raising dinner
              Barn raising dinner
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                • Date Created: 1910
                • Description: 1910 Joyce family barn raising dinner.. Photocopy of Tennie Toussaint article with this image in Folder 1 of collection. Caption reads, "Dinner at the barn raising in 1910. A few of the people are identified...dark-haired at extreme left is Ike Stanton; Lyman Morrill in white shirt beside Ike; man seated, with straw hat, Harl Ranney; woman in center with dark dress, Mrs. Richard Langmaid; man standing at right, wearing felt hat, Ben Stevens; at right of Stevens, Mrs. Horace Ward."
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                Miniature of Family portrait in front of a house
                Family portrait in front of a house
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                  • Date Created: 1900
                  • Description: Family portrait. Family in front of a house with vines prominently growing up the side. Four women are seated and one man is standing.
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                  Miniature of Men and horses in front of a sugarhouse
                  Men and horses in front of a sugarhouse
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                    • Date Created: 1900
                    • Description: Portrait of men with horses and sled pulling maple sap into the sugarhouse.
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                    Miniature of Village view with three teams of oxen
                    Village view with three teams of oxen
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                      • Date Created: 1900
                      • Description: Village view with three teams of oxen with three generations of men leading them. Also pictured are a man and two little girls standing by a tree and a woman seated against a house. Firewood is split and piled in two of the yards.
                      • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs