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  • Collection: Postcards, Barre-Montpelier Road

Wayside Postcard 2

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Color postcard of The Wayside Restaurant on Route 302 in Berlin, Vermont. The photograph features wood siding on the left side of the restaurant, large windows, the Wayside lettering on the brick chimney, along with an empty parking lot and hillside…

Wayside Postcard 1

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Color postcard of The Wayside Restaurant on Route 302 in Berlin, Vermont. The photograph features wood siding on the left side of the restaurant, large windows, the Wayside lettering on the brick chimney, along with an empty parking lot and trees on…

Howard Johnson's Postcard 2

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Color postcard of the Howard Johnson's restaurant on Route 302 in Berlin, Vermont. The image shows the restaurant with its famous cupula and two blue cars parked alongside. This view includes an ornate sign advertising the restaurant, "ice cream,…

Howard Johnson's Postcard 1

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Color postcard of the Howard Johnson's restaurant on Route 302 in Berlin, Vermont. The image shows the restaurant with its famous cupula and three blue cars parked alongside. The building is white with a light orange roof and robin's-egg-blue…

Explosion on Berlin Hill Above State Garage

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Postcard with black and white photograph of the aftermath of an explosion of a dynamite shack at Benjamin Falls Farm, August 1932, in Berlin, Vermont. There is a huge crater and a crowd of dozens gathered around the perimeter with more coming up the…

Vermonter Motel, 1991

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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.…

Vermonter Motel

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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.…

Twin City Motor Court with Sign

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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…

Twin City Motor Court, 1952

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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…

Twin City Motel Interior

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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…

Twin City Motel Exterior

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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."…

Twin City Cabins

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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…