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 Train crossing Pumpkin Hill bridge in Danville, Vermont
Train crossing Pumpkin Hill bridge in Danville, Vermont
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    • Date Created: 1900
    • Description: Train crossing Pumpkin Hill bridge in Danville, Vermont. Pictured is locomotive and eight cars, bridge, and culvert with granite wall support.
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    Miniature of Railroad workers loading dirt into train cars
    Railroad workers loading dirt into train cars
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      • Date Created: 1900
      • Description: Railroad workers loading dirt into train cars.
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      Miniature of Two men standing on one of several large log piles
      Two men standing on one of several large log piles
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        • Date Created: 1900
        • Description: Two men standing on one of several large log piles. On the left is Harry Adams and on the right is William Hubbard, both of whom worked in the mill. Note with picture reads "This picture was taken after steam was installed for power, about 1903. Note tall smoke stack."
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        Miniature of Men sawing wood
        Men sawing wood
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          • Date Created: 1900
          • Description: Group of men sawing wood. Quality of original negative is poor.
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          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.
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            Miniature of Portrait of two women.
            Portrait of two women.
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              • Date Created: 1900
              • Description: Portrait of two women.
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              Miniature of Boiling sap outdoors
              Boiling sap outdoors
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                • Date Created: 1900
                • Description: View of an outdoor sugar making operation. Pictured are sap buckets, a boiler over a wood-fire, logs for the fire, and an axe for cutting wood.
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                Miniature of North Danville sawmill workers
                North Danville sawmill workers
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                  • Date Created: 1900
                  • Description: Picture appears on p. 138 of Susannah Clifford's "Village in the Hills: a History of Danville, Vermont 1786-1995." Caption reads, "The sawmill in North Danville. Arthur Sanborn, whose office was in the little building at the right, is at the extreme left."
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                  Miniature of Women and young girls sitting at picnic tables.
                  Women and young girls sitting at picnic tables.
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                    • Date Created: 1900
                    • Description: Group of women and young girls sitting at picnic tables at the 1910 barn raising for Charles Joyce on the Old North Church Road. Pictured seated left to right are Daisy Pierce, Nellie Joyce, Luella Niles Blodgett, ?, Lottie Hawkins, Emma Shattuck, Lilly Clement, Rida Busby, ?, and Belle Ward.
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                    Miniature of Lucius Stanton and an unidentified friend enjoy a glass of cider
                    Lucius Stanton and an unidentified friend enjoy a glass of cider
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                      • 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 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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