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by Reg | Jul 29, 2022 | Uncategorized

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Andrew Bradshaw Prospect Hill Cemetery

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Collapsed Bridge to Hinsdale - 1921

Collapsed Bridge to Hinsdale – 1921

Collapsed Bridge to Hinsdale – 1921

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West River Confluence West River rail bridge collapse

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West River Confluence Vernon Dam construction

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West River Confluence trolley running around the Common

West River Confluence Three Bridges car bridge construction 1928

West River Confluence The Marina

West River Confluence The Cove near Eaton Place postcard

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West River Confluence Retreat Meadows from Rt. 30 before flooding donated by Anna Holbrook

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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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Photograph reproduced from an original 5X8 Glass Plate Negative Courtesy of Brattleboro Historical Society © 2001

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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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Carnahan’s @ VT State Capitol

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Madame Sherri of Chesterfield-New-Hampshire

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Harriet Ives Research Room

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Madame Sherri’s Castle Ruins

Photo taken June 13, 2021.

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Hinsdale Bridge

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Collapsed Bridge to Hinsdale – 1921

Collapsed Bridge to Hinsdale – 1921

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Photograph reproduced from an original 5X8 Glass Plate Negative Courtesy of Brattleboro Historical Society © 2001

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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

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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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Snow Roller

Upper Main Street – possibly 1888

Upper Main Street – possibly 1888

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FireTrolly

FireTrolly

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Joe Fort Dummer

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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

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

Wells Foundation

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

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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

Wells Foundation

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)

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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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West River Road Looking South

West River Road Looking South

William Brattle portrait

Fort Dummer view of Wantastiquet

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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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William Apess Photo

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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

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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.

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Mary E. Wilkins Freeman. Courtesy of the Brattleboro Historical Society

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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.

Roundtable Poster_ Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (September)

“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.

Roundtable Poster_ VFC (May)

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Roundtable Poster_ Marion McCune Rice

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Skiers Chris Lamb & Spencer Knickerbocker at Harris Hill.

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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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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.

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Intelligence Is Not Enough (1967), the first book published by EIL’s Experiment Press.

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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/ReformerThe William Czar Bradley Law Office in Westminster.

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.

The John Humphrey Noyes House in Putney, VT

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.

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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Lewis Grout House

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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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Rudyard Kipling’s Naulakha in Dummerston

Naulakha, also known as the Rudyard Kipling House, in Dummerston, Vermont.

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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 trade cards spread the Brattleboro name globally

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October 2018 Roundtable Poster

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