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There are 66 items with the time of 1900

Thumbnail: House and barns across a field with rolling hills and fields in the background.

Title:  House and barns across a field with rolling hills and fields in the background.

Resource type:  photographs

View of house and barns across a field with rolling hills and fields in the background.


Thumbnail: House with family on porch

Title:  House with family on porch

Resource type:  photographs

Family standing on porch of house, barn pictured in background.


Thumbnail: John Weeks store in North Danville, Vt.

Title:  John Weeks store in North Danville, Vt.

Resource type:  photographs

John Weeks store in North Danville, Vt.


Thumbnail: John Weeks store in North Danville, Vt.

Title:  John Weeks store in North Danville, Vt.

Resource type:  photographs

John Weeks store in North Danville, Vt.


Thumbnail: Loading hay

Title:  Loading hay

Resource type:  photographs

Three men loading hay onto a wagon pulled by two horses.


Thumbnail: Lucius Stanton and an unidentified friend enjoy a glass of cider

Title:  Lucius Stanton and an unidentified friend enjoy a glass of cider

Resource type:  photographs

Used in a Burlington Free Press article (February 27, 1969) by Tennie Toussaint, "Early Vermonters Found Cash, Conviviality in 'Hard Likker': Potato Whiskey Ads Once Familiar." Caption for photo is "Lucius Stanton, right, and an unidentified friend enjoy a glass of cider in the front yard of Stanton's farm home above North Danville. The property is now the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Langmaid. This photo was probably taken about 1900."


Thumbnail: Man leaning against a building next to a stream and dam

Title:  Man leaning against a building next to a stream and dam

Resource type:  photographs

Man leaning against a building next to a stream and dam, which is probably the power source for a sawmill. Also pictured is a small truss bridge on a large stone foundation.


Thumbnail: Man with dog

Title:  Man with dog

Resource type:  photographs

Man with a dog in a field.


Thumbnail: Man, horse, and carriage with two women

Title:  Man, horse, and carriage with two women

Resource type:  photographs

Man holding the head of a horse, which is pulling a carriage with two women seated in it. Group is in front of a house.


Thumbnail: Men and horses in front of a sugarhouse

Title:  Men and horses in front of a sugarhouse

Resource type:  photographs

Portrait of men with horses and sled pulling maple sap into the sugarhouse.


Thumbnail: Men and women standing on the roof and in front of a building

Title:  Men and women standing on the roof and in front of a building

Resource type:  photographs

Group of men and women standing on the roof and in front of a building. Structure is probably related to North Danville sawmill operations.


Thumbnail: Men loading logs onto a train car

Title:  Men loading logs onto a train car

Resource type:  photographs

Group of men in the process of loading logs onto train cars for removal from the woods. Large piles of logs are on one side of the railroad tracks.


Thumbnail: Men sawing wood

Title:  Men sawing wood

Resource type:  photographs

Group of men sawing wood. Quality of original negative is poor.


Thumbnail: Men with horses and wagons at the bottom of the Pumpkin Hill Bridge in
                        Danville, Vermont

Title:  Men with horses and wagons at the bottom of the Pumpkin Hill Bridge in Danville, Vermont

Resource type:  photographs

Men with horses and wagons at the bottom of the Pumpkin Hill Bridge in Danville, Vermont


Thumbnail: North Danville sawmill

Title:  North Danville sawmill

Resource type:  photographs

Caption to Tennie Toussaint article in Burlington Free Press December 30, 1971 reads, "Taken at North Danville sawmill about 1900, this picture also could have been taken three weeks ago. The only changes are a small bridge in the center, which used to be wooden and is now iron, and the barn on the right is now gone."


Thumbnail: North Danville sawmill workers

Title:  North Danville sawmill workers

Resource type:  photographs

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."


Thumbnail: Old North Church

Title:  Old North Church

Resource type:  photographs

Old North Church. Long open front porch and large front window.


Thumbnail: Oxen pulling logs

Title:  Oxen pulling logs

Resource type:  photographs

Men using oxen to pull logs with chains at the bottom of a small hill.


Thumbnail: Portrait of a seated older woman.

Title:  Portrait of a seated older woman.

Resource type:  photographs

Portrait of a seated older woman.


Thumbnail: Portrait of two women.

Title:  Portrait of two women.

Resource type:  photographs

Portrait of two women.


Thumbnail: Railroad workers

Title:  Railroad workers

Resource type:  photographs

Group of railroad workers standing next to the rail line they are laying down. Steam engine used for power is also pictured.


Thumbnail: Railroad workers loading dirt into train cars

Title:  Railroad workers loading dirt into train cars

Resource type:  photographs

Railroad workers loading dirt into train cars.


Thumbnail: Railroad workers pictured with a steam powered shovel

Title:  Railroad workers pictured with a steam powered shovel

Resource type:  photographs

Railroad workers pictured with a steam powered shovel


Thumbnail: Sap buckets

Title:  Sap buckets

Resource type:  photographs

Collection of sap buckets at the bottom of a tree.


Thumbnail: Sawing logs by horsepower

Title:  Sawing logs by horsepower

Resource type:  photographs

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."