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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66 Danville, VT

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65 1900 1 1910
Miniature of Group portrait at the edge of the woods
Group portrait at the edge of the woods
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    • Date Created: 1900
    • Description: Group of women and children and one man sitting at the edge of the woods.
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    Miniature of Portrait of two women.
    Portrait of two women.
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      • Date Created: 1900
      • Description: Portrait of two women.
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      Miniature of Boiling sap outdoors
      Boiling sap outdoors
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        • Date Created: 1900
        • Description: View of an outdoor sugar making operation. Pictured are sap buckets, a boiler over a wood-fire, logs for the fire, and an axe for cutting wood.
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        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.
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          Miniature of Railroad workers
          Railroad workers
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            • Date Created: 1900
            • Description: Group of railroad workers standing next to the rail line they are laying down. Steam engine used for power is also pictured.
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            Miniature of Train crossing Pumpkin Hill bridge in Danville, Vermont
            Train crossing Pumpkin Hill bridge in Danville, Vermont
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              • Date Created: 1900
              • Description: Train crossing Pumpkin Hill bridge in Danville, Vermont. Pictured is locomotive and eight cars, bridge, and culvert with granite wall support.
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              Miniature of Railroad workers loading dirt into train cars
              Railroad workers loading dirt into train cars
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                • Date Created: 1900
                • Description: Railroad workers loading dirt into train cars.
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                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.
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                  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."
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                    Miniature of North Danville sawmill workers
                    North Danville sawmill workers
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                      • Date Created: 1900
                      • Description: Picture appears on p. 138 of Susannah Clifford's "Village in the Hills: a History of Danville, Vermont 1786-1995." Caption reads, "The sawmill in North Danville. Arthur Sanborn, whose office was in the little building at the right, is at the extreme left."
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