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 Portrait of a seated older woman.
Portrait of a seated older woman.
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    • Date Created: 1900
    • Description: Portrait of a seated older woman.
    • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs
    Miniature of Woman with a child in a baby carriage
    Woman with a child in a baby carriage
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      • Date Created: 1900
      • Description: Woman with a child in a baby carriage across the street from a store.
      • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs
      Miniature of Portrait of two women.
      Portrait of two women.
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        • Date Created: 1900
        • Description: Portrait of two women.
        • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs
        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
          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