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Vermont Alumni Weekly vol. 03 no. 11
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    • Creator: University of Vermont
    • Date Created: 1923
    • Parent Collections: University of Vermont Alumni Publications, Vermont Alumni Weekly


    Photographs of Vergennes (Vt.)
      • Description: This collection contains 794 images comprising 122 years of history in Vergennes, Vermont’s oldest city. Featuring a wide range of topics, which date from the 1866 Civil War parade to the 1988 Bicentennial, the collection provides a comprehensive and unusual look at small town life in northern Vermont. These photographs document the full visual spectrum of history in Vergennes, from businesses, industries, and transportation to natural scenery, paintings, and portraits of people who once walked the city’s streets. These images were scanned from 35mm slides located in the Bixby Memorial Free Library archives in Vergennes. The slides were made around 1987 from color photographs taken of the original images. The originals, mainly of the Vergennes area but including several from Ferrisburgh and Lake Champlain, had accumulated over the years in the library’s historical materials repository. Many of these photographs, along with the slides and accompanying inventory notebook, can be viewed with permission at the library. The authors of these photographs remain undocumented and anonymous, except for a selection of photographs by local artist Harvey Custer Ingham (1863-1931), a personal friend of local businessman and library founder William Gove Bixby (1829-1907). Mr. Bixby left funds from his estate for the founding of a public library in the city of Vergennes, including the construction of the imposing Greek revival library building on Main Street. The library opened on November 4, 1912, and in 2012 celebrates a century of continued service to Vergennes and the surrounding towns of Addison, Panton, Waltham, and Ferrisburgh.


      Porter C. Thayer Photographs
        • Description: This archive contains 1300 photographs made by Porter C. Thayer,scanned from silver gelatin prints, held in the collection of the Brooks Memorial Library. The prints were made in 1980 from the 5x7 glass plates negatives created by Porter Thayer. These images are also available on microfilm at the Brattleboro library. Porter Thayer was born Porter Charlie Thayer on January 6, 1882 on Main Street in Williamsville, Vermont. He grew up in the red house called the Tillotson Place in the Parish section of Newfane, Vermont. He photographed Windham County, Vermont, beginning in 1906 through around 1920. Like most Vermont men of his generation he was a farmer, specifically an apple orchardist, managing his 50 acre apple orchard on Baker Brook Farm in Newfane. He turned to his apple business after ending his photographic career. The postcard craze that most likely reached Vermont by about 1905, was perhaps the impetus for Porter Thayer starting up a photographic business. His diaries tell that he sold 1,197 postal cards during a six-month period at the height of his career. The cards were for sale as souvenirs to summer tourists at small general stores, local inns, boarding houses and hotels. Local folks purchased his photographs as well, especially around the Christmas season, to send to distant relatives. A Brattleboro, Vermont directory of 1909 lists Porter as advertising that he would come to anyone’s home and make images for a reasonable fee. Around 1911 he recorded that he had 720 customers. Eventually he photographed in all the towns within a 25 mile radius of his home in Newfane. Porter Thayer perfectly fits the archetype of the town photographer. He traveled the narrow dirt roads in his buggy, behind his faithful mare Lady, who accompanied him daily. He could apparently take extended naps while Lady brought him safely home, as she always knew the way. He used two cameras: a 5 x 7 and a 6.5 x 8.5 view camera and made glass dry-plate negatives. He traveled with stacks of postcards to be delivered at stores along the way to his days work. Working continually through seasons and years, Porter Thayer left an archive that is a cultural treasure for southeastern Vermont. The quality of his work shows that he was able to combine business needs with aesthetic ones. During the time period Porter worked, Vermont was extremely poor and rural, yet held a close-knit population that shared the labors of life. Farmers helped one another to survive in a subsistence and barter economy. For women, men, and children, life meant constant work. Thayer’s images describe the work and the tools involved. His landscape images reveal this working landscape, which today is mostly hidden by trees. The fruits of his labor as a photographer have grown in importance, as both the landscape and culture of Vermont has shifted into modern spheres of living. Written by Jessica Weitz and Forrest Holzapfel, 2010.


        Elliott St., Brattleboro, Vt.
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          • Date Created: 1911
          • Description: Pedestrians strolling in residential neighborhood on Elliott street, horse and cart visible.
          • Parent Collections: Porter C. Thayer Photographs


          West Brattlboro, Vt.
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            • Date Created: 1909
            • Description: Western Avenue (Main Street) looking north at Meadowbrook Road (road to right).
            • Parent Collections: Porter C. Thayer Photographs


            Haying near Brattleboro, Vt.
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              • Date Created: 1909
              • Description: Weslie Rockwell on hay cart, pulled by oxen team, in a field in Brattleboro.
              • Parent Collections: Porter C. Thayer Photographs


              Ames Hill Road, Brattleboro, Vt.
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                • Date Created: 1911
                • Description: Birch-lined section of Ames Hill Road in Brattleboro, with farm fencing visible.
                • Parent Collections: Porter C. Thayer Photographs


                Exhibition of Fine Horses, Valley Fair.
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                  • Date Created: 1910
                  • Parent Collections: Porter C. Thayer Photographs


                  The Brookline Meadows
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                    • Date Created: 1909
                    • Description: Looking out over the Brookline Meadows, with West River in foreground and cemetery in background.
                    • Parent Collections: Porter C. Thayer Photographs


                    Small Victorian House in Brookline, Vt.
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                      • Date Created: 1910
                      • Description: House identified on cataloging card as either O.R. Wright's or Fred Underwood's.
                      • Parent Collections: Porter C. Thayer Photographs