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 Sawing wood with a drag-saw using horse power in North Danville
Sawing wood with a drag-saw using horse power in North Danville
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    • Date Created: 1900
    • Description: Three men using horse power to saw wood using a drag-saw in North Danville. Wood is being sawed to firewood length and then split by hand. House to the right was a stop for stagecoach passengers at one point in time.
    • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs
    Miniature of Old North Church
    Old North Church
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      • Date Created: 1900
      • Description: 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.
      • 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 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 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 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 Farmhouse
                  Farmhouse
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                    • Date Created: 1900
                    • Description: View of a farmhouse. Wood piled on the side of the house. House features a front porch surrounded by several large trees.
                    • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs
                    Miniature of Railroad workers
                    Railroad workers
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                      • Date Created: 1900
                      • Description: Group of railroad workers standing next to the rail line they are laying down. Steam engine used for power is also pictured.
                      • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs