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 Group with horses in front of a sugarhouse
Group with horses in front of a sugarhouse
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    • Date Created: 1900
    • Description: Horses pulling sap into the sugarhouse. Man pictured in the doorway. Smoke coming from chimney. Boy pictured in front with sled. Two individuals pictured in the back, one is driving the horses, the other is carrying two buckets.
    • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs
    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.
      • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs
      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."
        • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs
        Miniature of Woman leaning against the front porch
        Woman leaning against the front porch
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          • Date Created: 1900
          • Description: Portrait of a woman standing against the front porch of Elgin Gates' house.
          • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs
          Miniature of Camp scene of men, women, and children.
          Camp scene of men, women, and children.
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            • Date Created: 1900
            • Description: Group of men, women, and children in camp.
            • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs
            Miniature of Winter landscape
            Winter landscape
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              • Date Created: 1900
              • Description: Winter landscape, Lottie Willey's house, married Rufus Hubbard. House built by Frank Valley.
              • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs