uvm digital library -tennie tousainnt collection

Was waiting on the ok for this, which has arrived from the curator at the University of Vermont (UVM). The following are all photographs from a larger 66 photo collection at UVM that were donated by Tennie Toussaint, a columnist for the Burlington Free Press in the 1960s and 1970s.

The Tennie Toussaint Collection includes photographs of agricultural landscapes, logging operations, sawmills, barns, and bridges from the Danville area (that is northeastern Vermont though not quite the Northeast Kingdom). They show the sheer size and volume of logs that were in use at that time. To read about logging is one thing but the images of millions of board feet of lumber and mountains of waiting logs is instructive...

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Dam with Piles of Logs in the Background. Dam is probably the source of power for a sawmill. Three men are standing on the edge of the water next to a small building. ©Tennie Tousainnt Photograph Collection, Special Collections, University of Vermont Libraries.


Men Loading Logs onto a Train Car. 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. ©Tennie Tousainnt Photograph Collection, Special Collections, University of Vermont Libraries.


North Danville Sawmill. 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." ©Tennie Tousainnt Photograph Collection, Special Collections, University of Vermont Libraries.


Two Men Standing on one of Several Large Log Piles. Note with picture reads "This picture was taken after steam was installed for power, about 1903. Note tall smoke stack." ©Tennie Tousainnt Photograph Collection, Special Collections, University of Vermont Libraries.

and one more for good measure...

Lucius Stanton and an unidentified friend enjoy a glass of cider. 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." ©Tennie Tousainnt Photograph Collection, Special Collections, University of Vermont Libraries.