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This photograph shows Gertie Brooks, a Black American school girl, with her classmates on the steps of a school house in Berlin, Vermont, ca. 1875. Next to Gertie is Eugenia Selina. In the door in front of the teacher are Eugene Smith and Eldon…

This photograph was taken at the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Encampment (i.e., convention) in Philadelphia in August 1930 where veterans advocated for increased benefits at the beginning of the Depression. The Vermont delegation is identified…

After the Civil War, the Vermont national Guard was a popular activity for Vermont men. This photo was taken at Camp Governor Page in Montpelier. According to the caption on the back it shows the "Big 4" leaders of the unit: left to right,…