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 House
House
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    • Date Created: 1900
    • Description: Group pictured in front of a house.
    • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs
    Miniature of Village view with team of oxen on road
    Village view with team of oxen on road
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      • Date Created: 1900
      • Description: Village view with a man leading a team of oxen on road, and a horse and wagon behind them. Houses on either side of the road, with a hillside rising in the background. Firewood is split and piled in two of the yards.
      • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs
      Miniature of Family portrait in front of a house
      Family portrait in front of a house
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        • Date Created: 1900
        • Description: Family portrait. Family in front of a house with vines prominently growing up the side. Four women are seated and one man is standing.
        • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs
        Miniature of Village view with three teams of oxen
        Village view with three teams of oxen
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          • Date Created: 1900
          • Description: Village view with three teams of oxen with three generations of men leading them. Also pictured are a man and two little girls standing by a tree and a woman seated against a house. Firewood is split and piled in two of the yards.
          • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs
          Miniature of House with family on porch
          House with family on porch
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            • Date Created: 1900
            • Description: Family standing on porch of house, barn pictured in background.
            • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs
            Miniature of Man, horse, and carriage with two women
            Man, horse, and carriage with two women
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              • Date Created: 1900
              • Description: A member of the Langmaid family holding the head of a horse, which is pulling a carriage with two women seated in it. Picture taken in front of Elgin Gates' house. Mrs. Gates is the older woman on the wagon.
              • 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 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 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 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