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Collapsed Bridge to Hinsdale – 1921
Collapsed Bridge to Hinsdale – 1921
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West River Confluence Indian Rock Larkin Mead illustration collected by Dick Wellman 1984
West River Confluence Harris Plane at Retreat Meadows
West River Confluence Evelyn Harris, died from plane crash at inauguration of Meadows Airfield
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West River Confluence Confluence before Dam
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Trolley at Brooks House during Valley Fair
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Main Street looking North c 1919
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Madame Sherri’s Castle Ruins
Photo taken June 13, 2021.
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Collapsed Bridge to Hinsdale – 1921
Collapsed Bridge to Hinsdale – 1921
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Upper Main Street – possibly 1888
Upper Main Street – possibly 1888
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Island Park, Bridge over Connecticut River
Island Park, Bridge over Connecticut River
Rainbow over Wantastiquet Mountain – 1911
Log Drive on Connecticut River
Log Drive on the Connecticut River
Log Drive on the Connecticut River – c. 1900
Connecticut River from Tyler Street
Railroad Stations, Gas Plant, Pavilion – 1917
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Photograph reproduced from an original 6.5″X8.5″ Glass Plate Negative Courtesy of Brattleboro Historical Society © 2001
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Main Street from Plaza Park – 1917
Main Street from Plaza Park – 1917
Washington Street from Central Street – 1906
Washington Street from Central Street – 1906
American House
American House
Town Hall
Town Hall
Main Street Looking South, c. 1918
Main Street Looking South, c. 1918
Main Street, East Side
Main Street, East Side
Main Street looking North c 1919
Main Street looking North c 1919
Main Street,East Side Looking South
Main Street,East Side Looking South
Richardson Block, Main Street
Richardson Block, Main Street
Barber Building, Main Street
Barber Building, Main Street
Main Street Looking South
Main Street Looking South
Fire on West Side of Main Street
Fire on West Side of Main Street
Elliot Street lookiing West – c. 1920
Elliot Street lookiing West – c. 1920
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Trolley Tracks c. 1906
Trolley Tracks c. 1906
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Official Time Table Brattleboro Street Railroad Company 1896
Official Time Table Brattleboro Street Railroad Company 1896
Parade on Lower Main Street
Parade on Lower Main Street
Crosby Block on Main Street
Crosby Block on Main Street
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Home for the Aged – 1917
Home for the Aged – 1917
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Congregational Church Pageant
Congregational Church Pageant
Canal Street School – 1917
Canal Street School – 1917
Main Street Looking North
Main Street Looking North
Parade on Lower Main Street
Parade on Lower Main Street
Main Street, 1902
Main Street, 1902
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Main Street looking South
Main Street looking South
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Upper Main Street – possibly 1888
Upper Main Street – possibly 1888
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FireTrolly
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Danny RR
Joe Fort Dummer
Carol Scanning
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Fort Dummer view of Wantastiquet
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Valley Fair
Valley Fair
Valley Fair
Valley Fair
Valley Fair 1912
Valley Fair 1912
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Unknown Village
Unknown Village
Brooks House
Brooks House
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Photograph reproduced from an original 6.5″X8.5″ Glass Plate Negative Courtesy of Brattleboro Historical Society © 2001
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Wells Foundation
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Partial Map of Centerville – Possibly Beers Atlas – 1869
Partial Map of Centerville – Possibly Beers Atlas – 1869
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Town Hall
Town Hall
Estey Organ Truck – 400,000 Organ
Estey Organ Truck – 400,000 Organ
Arch Bridge – December 1897
Arch Bridge – December 1897
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Wells Fountain – 1917
Wells Fountain – 1917
Harriet Ives
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Unknown Village
Brooks House
Brooks House
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Photograph reproduced from an original 6.5″X8.5″ Glass Plate Negative Courtesy of Brattleboro Historical Society © 2001
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Wells Foundation
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Partial Map of Centerville – Possibly Beers Atlas – 1869
Partial Map of Centerville – Possibly Beers Atlas – 1869
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Town Hall
Town Hall
Estey Organ Truck – 400,000 Organ
Estey Organ Truck – 400,000 Organ
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Wells Fountain – 1917
Wells Fountain – 1917
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Phoenix House. (BHS Photo Collection, 2021)
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Centreville School
Centreville School and students, directly across Western Avenue from Centreville Store. Today, Phoenix House. (BHS Photo Collection, 1889)
Marshall Foch at Plaza Park – 1922
Marshall Foch at Plaza Park – 1922
Main Street Looking South, c. 1918
Main Street Looking South, c. 1918
Princess Theater Interior- 1918
Princess Theater Interior- 1918
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BHS Newsletter summer 2019 Centrevill Story:LaRose’s Country Store. Moxie
BHS Newsletter summer 2019 Centrevill Story:LaRose’s Country Store. Moxie
BHS Newsletter summer 2019 Centrevill Story:LaRose’s Country Store.
BHS Newsletter summer 2019 Centrevill inset frmo 1969 Beers Map in Atlas of Windham County
“Centreville” inset from 1869 Beers Map in Atlas of Windham County.
BHS Newsletter summer 2019: C.W. Grau Map, 1860
BHS Newsletter summer 2019 Centrevill inset frmo 1969 Beers Map in Atlas of Windham County
BHS Newsletter summer 2019 Centrevill Story:LaRose’s Country Store.
Centreville Mill c. 1930
Centreville Mill, Williams Street, over the years housed a furniture manufacturer, Bickford Knitting Machines, roller skating rink, rug factory, barrel shop and cider mill. (Lewis R. Brown BHS Photo Collection, c. 1930)
Malfunction Junction March 21, 2020 (1)
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Karin Friberg, 19, of Roseville, Minn., winner of the women’s class, leaves the ramp at the 85th Harris Hill Ski Jumping Competition in Brattleboro, Vt., Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009. The event takes place at the newly rebuilt 90-meter Harris Hill jump. More than 20 male and female athletes from the U.S. and Europe are competing the two-day event that dates back to 1922. It was created by Brattleboro resident Fred Harris, founder of the Brattleboro Outing Club. (AP Photo/Nancy Palmieri)
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West River Road Looking South
West River Road Looking South
William Brattle portrait
Fort Dummer view of Wantastiquet
Wells 1906 Postcard
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Wells Fountain – 1917
Wells Fountain – 1917
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Joe Rivers Fort Dummer Survey September 19, 2017
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Brattleboro The Defining Decades 1870-1920
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Old High School – Main Street
Old High School – Main Street
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Old High School – Main Street
Old High School – Main Street
Packers Corners Rd Sign
PeterGould Packers Corners Oral history June 2016
Rainbow over Wantastiquet Mountain – 1911
Rainbow over Wantastiquet Mountain – 1911
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Eugene Ferriter at Railroad Station Crossing c. 1918
Eugene Ferriter at Railroad Station Crossing c. 1918
Arch Bridge – December 1897
Arch Bridge – December 1897
Brooks House
Brooks House
Town Hall
Town Hall
Estey Organ Truck – 400,000 Organ
Estey Organ Truck – 400,000 Organ
Brattleboro Trolly
Daisy Turner
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Liz Greene Charlebois with Baby Naia at an Indigenous Food Sovereignty Summit
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Kwinitekw, the Connecticut River
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Wantastekw, the West River
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Words Matter
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A view of Brattleboro with Mount Wantastiquet
Copyright Jessica Dolan
Brooks Memorial Library
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Jemima Tute Marker
Jemima Tute Marker
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The grave of Jemima Sawtelle in Vernon, Vermont.
Jemima Sawtelle being sold to the French
A depiction of Jemima Sawtelle being sold by her Abenaki captors to the French.
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Tasha Tudor’s 1944 classic, Mother Goose.
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, while visting her home town. (Photo by Donald Uhrbrock//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)
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Hawk watchers on Putney Mountain
Hawk watchers on Putney Mountain.
A Train on the West River Railroad
A train crossing the West River on a railroad bridge.
The West River Railroad 1907
The West River Railroad in West Dummerston, 1907.
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The Diary of J.J. Green, published by The Historical Society of Windham County, is an account of daily life in and around Newfane, Vermont with special detail and illustrations about the West River Railroad.
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The Holstein Association Entrance
The front entrance of the Holstein Association today. Courtesy Holstein Association USA.
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An aerial photograph of the Holstein Association in downtown Brattleboro. Courtesy the Brattleboro Historical Society.
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A newspaper clipping from 1866 announcing Frederick Douglass’ lecture in Brattleboro.
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Judge James L. Oakes
Judge James L. Oakes. Photo by Donna Light.
Scott Farm in Dummerston, VT
Dummerston’s Scott Farm Orchard against a backdrop of early autumn foliage on the hillside. Courtesy of Scott Farm.
Scott Farm seen from Kipling Road in Dummerston
Scott Farm seen from Kipling Road in Dummerston. Creative Commons photo.
Asa Elliot near Packer Corners, 1971
A 1971 photo of Asa Elliot among farm animals near Packer Corners/Total Loss Farm in Guilford. Photo courtesy of
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The Stone House Tavern in Chesterfield
The Stone House Tavern Ballroom
A modern-day photo of the Old Stone House Tavern’s popular ballroom, complete with fiddlers bench. Courtesy of the Chesterfield Historical Society.
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The Latchis exterior detail
An exterior view of the Latchis’ Art Deco details, 2012.
The Latchis Theater’s marquee at night.
The Latchis Theater’s marquee at night, 2014.
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Andy Kopkind, Daisy Cockburn, Alexander Cockburn and John Scagliotti at Treefrog Farm
From left to right: Andy Kopkind, Daisy Cockburn, Alexander Cockburn and John Scagliotti at Treefrog Farm, Vermont, 1981. Courtesy of Kopkind Colony.
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Everyone’s Books on Elliot Street in Brattleboro, VT
Madame Sherri’s Castle Ruins
The ruins of Madame Sherri’s castle in Chesterfield, NH.
The Brattleboro Retreat in 1844
The Brattleboro Retreat in 1844. Courtesy of the Brattleboro Historical Society.
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KRISTOPHER RADDER – BRATTLEBORO REFORMER Marvin Dezendorf, flight instructor for Monadnock Aviation, flies a Cessna 172 around Brattleboro, Vernon, Townshend, Dover, and Wilmington as a blanket of snow covers the area on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016.
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The Great Meadows in Putney, Vermont at twilight. Courtesy Rich Holschuh.
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The Retreat Meadows
A birds-eye view of the Retreat Meadows at sunset. Credit: Reggie Martell.
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Glenwood Ladies Seminary, December 24, 1860.
Cover of the first catalog for Glenwood Ladies Seminary, December 24, 1860. Credit: American Antiquarian Society
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Fort Dummer, After a Sketch By Charles J. Brasor
A sketch of Fort Dummer by Charles J. Brasor. Courtesy of the Brattleboro Historical Society
Fort Dummer Historic Monument
Historic monument marking the site of Fort Dummer. Credit: Jessica Dolan
Copy of paper expecting Fort Dummer treaty, 1736
“A paper expecting the treaty with the Indian Chiefs at Fort Dummer 1736 or about that time.” Copy.
Paper expecting Fort Dummer treaty, 1736
“A paper expecting the treaty with the Indian Chiefs at Fort Dummer 1736 or about that time.” Original.
Copy of Gov. Belcher’s 1737 Fort Dummer Letter
Copy of letter from Massachusetts Governor Belcher to local appointed colonial officials instructing them to meet with Indigenous representatives at Fort Dummer, to renew the peace they had all agreed upon two year’s prior, at a conference in Deerfield Massachusetts, through political agreement and symbolic exchange of wampum and goods, 1737. Framed letter kept at Brooks Memorial Library. Photo credit: Jessica Dolan 2017.
Letter from Gov. Belcher of MA on the Fort Dummer treaty, 1737
Letter from Massachusetts Governor Belcher to local appointed colonial officials instructing them to meet with Indigenous representatives at Fort Dummer, to renew the peace they had all agreed upon two year’s prior, at a conference in Deerfield Massachusetts, through political agreement and symbolic exchange of wampum and goods, 1737. Framed letter kept at Brooks Memorial Library. Photo credit: Jessica Dolan 2017.
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman. Courtesy of the Brattleboro Historical Society
Glenwood Academy in 1917
Glenwood Academy along Western Avenue in 1917. Courtesy of the Brattleboro Historical Society.
A photography of the Fort Dummer site taken in the 1860’s
View of Fort Dummer site from Hinsdale by David A. Henry, circa 1869
Petroglyphs at Ktsipôntekw, (“Great Falls” in Abenaki)
Petroglyphs at Ktsipôntekw, (“Great Falls” in Abenaki), now called Bellows Falls. Photo credit: Jessica Dolan 2016.
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Mary E. Wilkins Freeman dining with Mark Twain at Delmonico’s restaurant in New York City in 1905 Credit: Byron Company / Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
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“Lucy Speaks” in MILES, downtown Brattleboro
Shanta Lee Gander performing as Lucy Terry Prince in MILES, the Mobile Interactive Literary Exhibition Space, in downtown Brattleboro. Photo by Lissa Weinmann.
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The smaller of the two petroglyphs that Annette Spaulding has spent roughly 25 years searching for. Kristopher Radder / Reformer Staff
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KRISTOPHER RADDER – BRATTLEBORO REFORMER The Bellows Falls petroglyphs located near the Vilas Bridge.
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Skiers Chris Lamb & Spencer Knickerbocker at Harris Hill.
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Karin Friberg
Karin Friberg, 19, of Roseville, Minn., winner of the women’s class, leaves the ramp at the 85th Harris Hill Ski Jumping Competition in Brattleboro, Vt., Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009. The event takes place at the newly rebuilt 90-meter Harris Hill jump. More than 20 male and female athletes from the U.S. and Europe are competing the two-day event that dates back to 1922. It was created by Brattleboro resident Fred Harris, founder of the Brattleboro Outing Club. (AP Photo/Nancy Palmieri)
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Karin Friberg, of Roseville, Minn., winner of the women’s class, leaves the ramp at the 85th Harris Hill Ski Jumping Competition in Brattleboro, Vt., Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009. More than 20 male and female athletes from the U.S. and Europe are competing in the two-day event that dates back to 1922. (AP Photo/Nancy Palmieri)
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Marion McCune Rice. Photo courtesy of Stephen Hooper.
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Marvin Dezendorf, flight instructor for Monadnock Aviation, flies a Cessna 172 around Brattleboro, Vernon, and Guilford during a warm summer evening on Wednesday, July 27, 2016. Kristopher Radder / Reformer Staff
Portrait of WW I Red Cross nurse Marion McCune Rice. Copyright: Steve Hooper
Portrait of WW I Red Cross nurse Marion McCune Rice. Photo courtesy of Steve Hooper.
SIT Language tapes
Educational language courses with audio tapes produced under contract for the German company, Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft.
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Sandanona Campus World Learning
Sandanona campus, purchased by EIL in 1964 to serve originally as a Peace Corps Training site and later as the School for International Training. The Main House is now named the Boyce Building.
Intelligence Is Not Enough
Intelligence Is Not Enough (1967), the first book published by EIL’s Experiment Press.
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Walter Hendricks and Robert Frost
Robert Frost in 1941
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Brooks Memorial Library circa 1880s.
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Brattleboro’s old Town Hall auditorium, where Frederick Douglass spoke on Jan. 4 1866.
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Kayla Rice/Reformer The William Czar Bradley Law Office in Westminster.
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KRISTOPHER RADDER — BRATTLEBORO REFORMER River Garden, on Main Street, in Brattleboro.
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The John Humphrey Noyes House in Putney, VT. Courtesy of the Brattleboro Historical Society
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Lucy Terry Prince by Louise Minks / (c) Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield MA.
Lucy Terry Prince by Louise Minks / (c) Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield MA.
The School for International Training
Photo Credit: SIT Graduate Institute
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Baseball Field, Grandstand, Island Park Pavilion, Bridge 1910
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Civil War Hospital, Brattleboro, Circa 1864, Elbridge J. Knowlton, 4th Vermont Regiment Co. E, Veterans Reserve Corps
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Wantastiquet, May 9, 2016
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Chestnut Hill Reservoir and Crowell Park and Fresh Air House, 1910. Courtesy Brattleboro Historical Society.
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Granite Block, 1840, Woodblock Engraving, Main Street Brattleboro
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Jennifer Kramer and her sixth grade class from Guilford Elementary School walking through the forest. Credit: Kayla Rice/The Brattleboro Reformer
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H.P. Lovecraft (right) and friend Arthur Goodenough outside the latter’s home in 1927 on what is now Goodenough Rd. in West Brattleboro. Credit: H.P. Lovecraft Archive
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The historic Round Schoolhouse in Brookline, Vermont. Credit: Tim Weed.
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A placard on the Round Schoolhouse describing the building’s history. Credit: Tim Weed.
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Local author and Words Project researcher Tim Weed. Credit: Dania Maxell
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Naulakha, also known as the Rudyard Kipling House, in Dummerston, Vermont.
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The Round Schoolhouse & The Legend of Thunderbolt| Brookline, VT
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The grave of Dr. John “Thunderbolt” Wilson at the Prospect Hill Cemetery in Brattleboro, VT. Credit: Tim Weed.
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Estey Organ Buildings – 1895
Estey Organ Buildings – 1895
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Mrs Cabot – Copy negative of Estey Co. photo
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Estey Organ Buildings – 1895
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Estey Organ Building on Flat Street
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The Estey Organ buildings on Birge Street, circa 1898.
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Estey Organ Co. c. 1905
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A two-manual and pedal, crank-winded reed organ from the Estey Organ Company.
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The Estey Organ Buildings, circa 1895.
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Lucy Terry Prince portrayed by Shanta Lee Gander on Abijah Prince Road in Guilford
Lucy Terry Prince portrayed by Shanta Lee Gander on Abijah Prince Road in Guilford
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View West From Brattleboro Common, Lithograph After Photograph By Caleb L. Howe, Published 1861
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Clawson & Hamilton College Interior – 1918
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Out of Print “Before Our Time” co-authored by Richard Michelman
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Midway at Valley Fair – 1906, shows, Ferris Wheel.
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Fort Dummer
Fort Dummer model at Brattleboro History Center
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Railroad Station Crossing 1918
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