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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Church
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- Date Created: 1900
- Description: North Danville Baptist Church, built in 1868.
- Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs
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