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 Several large log piles
Several large log piles
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    • Date Created: 1900
    • Description: Several large log piles, with smokestack in back for steam power. Ca. 1903.
    • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs
    Miniature of Oxen pulling logs
    Oxen pulling logs
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      • Date Created: 1900
      • Description: Men using oxen to pull logs with chains at the bottom of a small hill.
      • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs
      Miniature of Woman with a child in a baby carriage
      Woman with a child in a baby carriage
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        • Date Created: 1900
        • Description: Woman with a child in a baby carriage across the street from a store.
        • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs
        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.
          • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs
          Miniature of House and barns across a field with rolling hills and fields in the background.
          House and barns across a field with rolling hills and fields in the background.
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            • Date Created: 1900
            • Description: View of house and barns across a field with rolling hills and fields in the background.
            • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs
            Miniature of Men loading logs onto a train car
            Men loading logs onto a train car
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              • 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.
              • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs
              Miniature of Family portrait in front of house
              Family portrait in front of house
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                • Date Created: 1900
                • Description: Family portrait. Family seated and standing in front of house with front door open.
                • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs
                Miniature of Danville general store
                Danville general store
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                  • Date Created: 1900
                  • Description: View of Danville general store, the John Weeks store, and neighboring buildings from the southeast, ca. 1900.
                  • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs
                  Miniature of Group portrait at the edge of the woods
                  Group portrait at the edge of the woods
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                    • Date Created: 1900
                    • Description: Group of women and children and one man sitting at the edge of the woods.
                    • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs
                    Miniature of Portrait of two women.
                    Portrait of two women.
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                      • Date Created: 1900
                      • Description: Portrait of two women.
                      • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs