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 Men and women standing on the roof and in front of a building
Men and women standing on the roof and in front of a building
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    • Date Created: 1900
    • Description: Group of men and women standing on the roof and in front of a building. Structure is probably related to North Danville sawmill operations.
    • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs
    Miniature of Horses pulling a snow roller
    Horses pulling a snow roller
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      • Date Created: 1900
      • Description: Four horses pulling two men on top of a snow roller, in order to pack the snow on a road.
      • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs
      Miniature of Several large log piles
      Several large log piles
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        • Date Created: 1900
        • Description: Several large log piles, with smokestack in back for steam power. Ca. 1903.
        • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs
        Miniature of Oxen pulling logs
        Oxen pulling logs
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          • Date Created: 1900
          • Description: Men using oxen to pull logs with chains at the bottom of a small hill.
          • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs
          Miniature of Dirt road in winter
          Dirt road in winter
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            • Date Created: 1900
            • Description: Dirt road in winter with a wooden guard rail and a stone retaining wall between the road and a stream or river.
            • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs
            Miniature of Sawing wood with a drag-saw using horse power in North Danville
            Sawing wood with a drag-saw using horse power in North Danville
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              • Date Created: 1900
              • Description: Three men using horse power to saw wood using a drag-saw in North Danville. Wood is being sawed to firewood length and then split by hand. House to the right was a stop for stagecoach passengers at one point in time.
              • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs
              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.
                • 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 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