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- Winooski, VT - American Woolen Mills Flag Raising
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1922 flag raising at the American Woolen Mills (AWM) in Winooski, Vermont, perhaps on the Fourth of July or on Labor Day, when AWM sponsored a Field Day for employees and their families. It appears to be summertime and a large crowd is gathered in Mill Park for the event. Automobiles are parked...
Show more1922 flag raising at the American Woolen Mills (AWM) in Winooski, Vermont, perhaps on the Fourth of July or on Labor Day, when AWM sponsored a Field Day for employees and their families. It appears to be summertime and a large crowd is gathered in Mill Park for the event. Automobiles are parked on both sides of West Canal Street in the background. Photo 5 of five images that create a panoramic view when placed together.
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- Winooski, VT - American Woolen Mills Flag Raising
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1922 flag raising at the American Woolen Mills (AWM) in Winooski, Vermont, perhaps on the Fourth of July or on Labor Day, when AWM sponsored a Field Day for employees and their families. It appears to be summertime and a large crowd is gathered in Mill Park for the event. A corner of the speakers...
Show more1922 flag raising at the American Woolen Mills (AWM) in Winooski, Vermont, perhaps on the Fourth of July or on Labor Day, when AWM sponsored a Field Day for employees and their families. It appears to be summertime and a large crowd is gathered in Mill Park for the event. A corner of the speakers' stage is seen on the left. The street on the uphill side of the park is very likely West Center St., and Follett St. is off to the right. Photo 4 of five images that create a panoramic view when placed together.
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- Winooski, VT - American Woolen Mills Flag Raising
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1922 flag raising at the American Woolen Mills in Winooski, Vermont. This could have occurred on July 4th or perhaps on Labor Day, when the mill sponsored a "Field Day" for mill workers and their families. The street seen here is very likely Follett St., with the Congregational Church at the top...
Show more1922 flag raising at the American Woolen Mills in Winooski, Vermont. This could have occurred on July 4th or perhaps on Labor Day, when the mill sponsored a "Field Day" for mill workers and their families. The street seen here is very likely Follett St., with the Congregational Church at the top of the hill (upper left). (Photo 1 of five images that create a panoramic view when placed together.)
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- Veterans of Foreign Wars - Ladies Auxiliary
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1957 photo of a group of VFW Ladies Auxiliary members ready to distribute, presumably, Christmas gift packages to the needy, perhaps specifically to veterans. The trunk of the car is opened and filled with baskets, almost like a modern cornucopia. Location appears to be a suburban residence, very...
Show more1957 photo of a group of VFW Ladies Auxiliary members ready to distribute, presumably, Christmas gift packages to the needy, perhaps specifically to veterans. The trunk of the car is opened and filled with baskets, almost like a modern cornucopia. Location appears to be a suburban residence, very likely the home of one of the women veterans in the picture. Photo #1.
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- Veterans of Foreign Wars
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1952 photo of (very likely) an Armistice Day parade, on the way to the VFW memorial at Battery Park (see mcalB21F14i11). Leading the parade are Burlington Mayor J. Edward Moran (left), two other men in uniform, and a color guard carrying the American flag and the VFW Howard Plant Post No. 782...
Show more1952 photo of (very likely) an Armistice Day parade, on the way to the VFW memorial at Battery Park (see mcalB21F14i11). Leading the parade are Burlington Mayor J. Edward Moran (left), two other men in uniform, and a color guard carrying the American flag and the VFW Howard Plant Post No. 782 flag. 782 is named after Burlington's first casualty in World War I, Howard W. Plant.
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- Veterans of Foreign Wars
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Several women of the Ladies Auxiliary hold food baskets that has been collected and probably are about to be delivered to the needy. The women gather near the open trunk of an automobile with a Vermont 1957 license plate. A toy Coca Cola Santa Claus doll stands on the car's back fender.
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- Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Construction Sites
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1951 photo of a construction site, where the steel frame of the building is complete or near completion. Site is unknown but probably downtown Burlington. Several (now vintage) automobiles parked nearby.
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- Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings
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1947 photo of the steel frame of an uncovered structure (perhaps at the Vermont Structural Steel plant). Some automobiles are parked on the left.
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- Vermont Structural Steel
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View of the framing of a metal structural building with an automobile (convertible (?) with white wall tires) parked in front. 1951.
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- UVM Ira Allen Chapel
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Ira Allen Chapel as seen from the north end of University Place. Other buildings include: Torrey Hall (behind chapel), Billings Library, Williams Hall, and Old Mill. 2 automobiles.
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- UVM - Housing (Temporary)
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Temporary housing units near main campus, with a few parked cars and trucks. These dwellings preceded the construction of the Chittenden-Buckham-Wills dormitories and very likely accommodated GI's coming to UVM as part of the "GI Bill." Dated 1946 / 1947.
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- United Methodist Church on Elliott Street?
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An architectural image of the front of the Methodist church, with a car in the foreground and storefronts on either side. May actually be on Main St., not Elliot St.
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- Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
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Undated but may be late 1954. Two unidentified men and their automobile stand in front of the steamship Ticonderoga as the ship rests on its cradle. Location may be the basin dug at the southern end of Shelburne Bay during preparation of the ship's overland journey to the Shelburne Museum.
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- Strong Theatre (Burlington, VT)
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- 1946-1947
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1946 photo of the Strong Building, home of Strong Hardware Co. and the Strong Theatre, as well as a drugstore and ice cream shop. Date on the building is 1902. The marquee reads: Abbott and Costello: "The Naughty Nineties," with Alan Curtis. (The movie came out in 1945.) The building was...
Show more1946 photo of the Strong Building, home of Strong Hardware Co. and the Strong Theatre, as well as a drugstore and ice cream shop. Date on the building is 1902. The marquee reads: Abbott and Costello: "The Naughty Nineties," with Alan Curtis. (The movie came out in 1945.) The building was destroyed by arson in 1970, and rubble at the site was used to help build the Burlington bike path.
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- Strong Theatre (Burlington, VT)
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- 1946-1947
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1946 photo of the Strong Building, home of Strong Hardware Co. and the Strong Theatre, as well as a drugstore and ice cream shop. Date on the building is 1902. The marquee reads: Abbott and Costello: "The Naughty Nineties," with Alan Curtis. (The movie came out in 1945.) The building was...
Show more1946 photo of the Strong Building, home of Strong Hardware Co. and the Strong Theatre, as well as a drugstore and ice cream shop. Date on the building is 1902. The marquee reads: Abbott and Costello: "The Naughty Nineties," with Alan Curtis. (The movie came out in 1945.) The building was destroyed by arson in 1970, and rubble at the site was used to help build the Burlington bike path.
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- Strong Theatre (Burlington, VT)
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- 1946-1947
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1946 photo of the Strong Building, home of Strong Hardware Co. and the Strong Theatre, as well as Brown's Pharmacy and ice cream shop. Date on the building is 1902. The marquee reads: Abbott and Costello: "The Naughty Nineties," with Alan Curtis. (The movie came out in 1945.) The building was...
Show more1946 photo of the Strong Building, home of Strong Hardware Co. and the Strong Theatre, as well as Brown's Pharmacy and ice cream shop. Date on the building is 1902. The marquee reads: Abbott and Costello: "The Naughty Nineties," with Alan Curtis. (The movie came out in 1945.) The building was destroyed by arson in 1970, and rubble at the site was used to help build the Burlington bike path.
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- Stores, Exteriors
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Burlington retail store for Dodge Plymouth automobiles advertising its Spring open house. A man and woman stand outside next to a car; she in fur coat; he next to her with one leg on the running board.
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- Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
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- undated
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23Church St. 3/4 view of the Singer Sewing machine store. The previously empty lot at 19-21 Church St., as seen in mcalB18F27i02 and others, is now [Mortimer] Irving's ladies' clothing store. (The name is visible on the advertising.) Date must be 1952 or later. Good sampling of cars.