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Black and white photograph with sepia tone shows five individual cabins at the Traveler's Rest Motel, labelled as Montpelier, Vermont, but were actually located on the Barre-Montpelier Road in the town of Berlin. Outside of each structure there is a…

Black and white photograph with sepia tone shows The Traveler's Rest Motel. Interestingly, while this photo is labeled as Barre, Vermont, the building is actually located in Berlin; Barre was merely the mailing address. The Barre-Montpelier Road runs…

Black and white photograph of the Twin City Motel cabins 1537 US Route 302, Berlin, Vermont. A larger cabin with a sign reading, "Cabins Open," (seemingly the office,) is set in front of a row of ten smaller cabins for rent. There may be more cabins…

Color postcard of the Twin City Motel on US Route 302 in Berlin, Vermont. A red and white sign with a clown and balloons graphic advertises the motel with "Deluxe Units, Simmons Beds, Nylon Carpets, Central Heat, TV, Commercial Rates [and] Vacancy."…

Color postcard showing both an interior and exterior view of the Twin City Motel on US Route 302 in Berlin, Vermont. The upper left quadrant of the postcard shows the inside of a room or cabin at the motel, including a bed, nightstand with a radio, a…

Black and white image of the Twin City Motor Court on US Route 302/ Barre-Montpelier Road in Berlin, Vermont. The photograph is taken at a distance, from across the road. The image depicts a store with Coca-Cola signs and a Texaco gas pump out front…

Black and white image of the Twin City Motor Court on US Route 302/Barre-Montpelier Road in Berlin, Vermont. This photograph was taken from across the road but closer in comparison to the postcard image from 1952. A free-standing sign advertises the…

Color postcard of the Vermonter Motel, which was located adjacent to the Howard Johnson's at 1634 US Route 302 on the Barre Montpelier Road in Berlin, Vermont. In June 2013, it was demolished to provide space for the CVS Pharmacy and its parking lot.…

Color postcard of the Vermonter Motel, which was located adjacent to the Howard Johnson's at 1634 US Route 302 on the Barre Montpelier Road in Berlin, Vermont. The image shows a long motel building with a parking lot spanning the length of the motel.…

Poster for the Paradise Skating Rink located at 375 River Street, Montpelier. Poster shows a Caucasian family of three holding hands and smiling while roller skating. The mother and daughter match with blonde bobs, white sweaters and roller skates,…

This is how the intersection of Routes 2 and 302, looking southwest toward Barre, appeared in the 1880s. There was a road along the railroad tracks on the north side of the Winooski River. A footbridge and a covered bridge crossed the river. The big…

This is how the stretch of Route 302 looking south towards Barre, near what is currently Cody Chevrolet (2021) in Montpelier, Vermont, looked like after electric lines were installed but before the road was paved. One can see undeveloped land with…