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- A Saint Joseph
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Song text from VFC1998-0007 Martha Pellerin Collection. MS2008-3097 Unattributed Songbook 1 of 1. Pp. 13-15.
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- A Tale of Two Schools
- Date Created
- 1999
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The cartoon has two panels, top and bottom. The top panel shows two people across a table from each other. The person to the right has two large stacks of books next to him. The person to the left says, "Are we ready to include students with more severe disabilities in regular class?." The second...
Show moreThe cartoon has two panels, top and bottom. The top panel shows two people across a table from each other. The person to the right has two large stacks of books next to him. The person to the left says, "Are we ready to include students with more severe disabilities in regular class?." The second person says, "As soon as I finish reading these books on inclusion and draft our long-range plan... We should be ready in 7 or 8 years." The bottom panel has two people facing each other, both holding a piece of paper. The person on the left says, "I'm sure glad we got started including and supporting all our students in regular classes." The person to the right says, "Me too! I know we'll learn things along the way from our success and mistakes." The tag line under the cartoon reads, "A tale of two schools."
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- A Tourist's Album of Japan
- Date Created
- 1909
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Katherine Wolcott and her uncle, Robert Hull Fleming, compiled this photo album on their visit to Japan in 1909. Part of a larger Asian trip, the two stopped in Japan and collected photos, postcards, bookmarks, and other materials. Fleming was a graduate of the University of Vermont, and in 1929...
Show moreKatherine Wolcott and her uncle, Robert Hull Fleming, compiled this photo album on their visit to Japan in 1909. Part of a larger Asian trip, the two stopped in Japan and collected photos, postcards, bookmarks, and other materials. Fleming was a graduate of the University of Vermont, and in 1929 Katherine Wolcott helped to fund the construction of the Robert Hull Fleming Museum in memory of her late uncle. This album, a memento from their trip, was part of Wolcott’s own collection.There are nearly 40 leaves of collected photographs and postcards, numbering two to three per album page. The pictures range in content, some depicting staged photos of daily life while others portray landscapes and countryside. The album itself measures approximately 11 x 14 x 4 inches and is currently housed at the Robert Hull Fleming Museum at the University of Vermont.
Wolcott’s album captures a unique view of Japan at the brink of burgeoning Western influence. After defeating the Russians in the Russo Japanese War (1904-05), Japan began to cement itself as a global power, and its efforts to modernize began to attract Westerners. The images in this album depict a Japan with a strong national heritage and cultural appreciation as well as a newfound embrace of modernization and technology.
Most of the pictures in the album sold commercially as a form of postcard. In the early 1900s, the Japanese populace began consuming millions of these types of commercially produced picture postcards. Eventually, the medium became so popular that it started to replace the more traditional wood block print. The citizenry sought pictures of their budding nation, wanting to hold a still image of the rapidly modernizing and changing countryside.
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- A Vermont Sugar Lot, Newfane, Vt.
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Maple Hill Farm.
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- A bad bit of blowdown
- Date Created
- 1919
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Slide negative done by Puffer.
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- A bridge spanning a small river in the Japanese countryside
- Date Created
- 1909
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- A charm to protect against fire
- Date Created
- 1909
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The charm was created to protect the bearer from fire. On the marker, it says Jadaiji temple, which may be the Jindaiji temple in Tokyo.
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- A group of female performers
- Date Created
- 1909
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The woman on the right is holding a Shamisen, while the other women strike poses.
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- A group of monks under a large Buddhist statue
- Date Created
- 1909
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- A group of travelers on the Japanese coast
- Date Created
- 1909
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A group of five people and a horse appear to be traveling along the coast. A small town lies in the background.
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- A hotel in the Japanese countryside
- Date Created
- 1909
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In the upper left hand section of the picture, there is a black X inscribed on the picture. This was probably done by the original collector to identify which room (s)he stayed in.
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- A husband and wife dining
- Date Created
- 1909
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- A la famille entière
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Song text from VFC1998-0007 Martha Pellerin Collection. MS2008-3095 Irma Labonté Songbook 1 of 1. Pp. 47-52.
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- A lantern maker and his family plying their trade
- Date Created
- 1909
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- A large house in the countryside
- Date Created
- 1909
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- A man and five women dining
- Date Created
- 1909
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The gathered group of people appear to be eating either Udon or Soba noodles. The gender ratio is somewhat perplexing, but can most likely be attributed to the artificial nature of the picture.
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- A man carrying his goods to a shop
- Date Created
- 1909
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The man has a large variety of goods strapped to his cart. There are hand woven baskets as well as wooden containers and ladles.
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- A man paying homage to two Buddhist statues
- Date Created
- 1909