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Two Montpelier & Wells River Railroad images: one of a group of men standing next to the depot in Barre with a train waiting by the platform, and the other of the train's crew standing by the engine just beyond the Barre station.

A photograph of women, either members of the Philomathean Club (a collegiate literary society) or the Clio Club (a group dedicated to social and literary advancement), wearing men's suits. A list of the women in this photograph is in the repository.

A photograph of members of the Improved Order of Red Men, an organization that claims direct descent from the Sons of Liberty, and the Pocahontas Drill Team, their sister order. List of names in repository.

Two photographs of the center of Barre taken forty years apart in 1881 and 1921 from the same spot behind the Congregational Church, accompanied by a description of the buildings in the earlier photograph. Note that the steeple of the church was…

An enormous steel tank is shown in an alley next to the Smith & Cumings store at 305 North Main Street (since renumbered 297), Barre. The Paige & Campbell insurance agency is now (October 2017) located here. The Scampini Block can be seen at the…

The City of Barre as seen from the air. North Main and Elm Streets, stretching from Maple Avenue to City Hall Park and beyond. This photograph was taken before Urban Renewal changed several blocks in the lower portion of the photograph.

City of Barre as seen from the air in 1954. North Main Street is in the center of the image.

Postcard featuring a photograph of Spaulding High School in Barre, Vermont. The Robert Burns monument is visible in the center of the image.

Postcard featuring a photograph of the Reynolds block of Main St. in Barre, Vermont. The buildings are decorated with banners and bunting in celebration of International Order of Odd Fellows Week. Pedestrians and horse drawn carriages pass in front…

Postcard featuring a photograph of a parade on May 18, 1909, in celebration of International Odd Fellows Week. Five automobiles are seen driving down the middle of Main St. in Barre, Vermont, while hundreds of onlookers line the sidewalks and spill…

Postcard featuring a photograph of the Italian Baptist Church in Barre, Vermont. The church was built on North Brook St. in 1906-1908. Doric columns, friezes, and sculptures, carved of Barre granite, decorate the front of the church. The inscription…

Postcard featuring a photograph of the fire station on North Main St. in Barre, Vermont. The fire station was built in 1904, and this photograph was probably taken not long after that. Two horse-drawn fire engines are posed in front of the station,…