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 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 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.
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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 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 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 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. Barn built by Frank Valley, local carpenter.
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                  Miniature of Sawing logs by horsepower
                  Sawing logs by horsepower
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                    • Date Created: 1900
                    • Description: Picture appears on p. 130 of Susannah Clifford's "Village in the Hills: a History of Danville, Vermont 1786-1995." Caption reads, "Sawing logs by horsepower at Webster's farm in the early 1900's. Left to right are Lee Hatch II, Arthur Webster, George Weeks, Edwin Webster, and Henry Page."
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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.
                      • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs