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1873 antique VERMONT STATE BUSINESS DIRECTORY genealogy RAILROAD TIMETABLES ADS
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DESCRIPTION
Original 1873 Vermont state/business directory and reference book, measuring approximately 3.75 x 5.75 inches and containing 263 pages.
This compact volume is absolutely packed with period information. The business directory section records Vermont towns, populations, town officers, postmasters, justices, churches, hotels, manufacturers, mechanics, merchants, physicians, attorneys and other trades and professions, often identifying individuals by name. It is an excellent primary-source reference for Vermont genealogy, local history, business history and occupational research.
The contents page shows an unusually broad range of reference material, including Vermont state government, agriculture, astronomy, banks, bankruptcy commissioners, Cabinet and U.S. members, calendars, census information, courts, education, elections, express agents, festivals and fasts, government officials, insurance companies, internal revenue, judges, lawyers, legislative department, literary institutions, manufacturers, Masonic calendar, ministers, money-order post offices, newspapers and publishers, physicians, population statistics, railroads, schools, state institutions and more.
One of the best features is the extensive collection of 19th-century advertisements, including some wonderful illustrated examples. Among those visible are:
- The Babcock Fire Extinguisher, with a large illustration of a uniformed man carrying the apparatus
- Lyndon Carriage Co., Lyndon, Vermont, with carriage illustration
- Strong & Ross Spoke, Hub and Wood Bending Works, Vergennes, with large illustrated carriage-hub advertisement
- Moulton\'s Patent Wooden Water-Tubing, Morrisville, with multiple product illustrations
- F. C. Weller stereoscopic views of White Mountain scenery
- Shepard & Allen\'s Writing Fluid
- Joseph Gillott\'s Steel Pens
- Webster\'s Unabridged Dictionary
- St. Johnsbury Academy
- St. Johnsbury File Works
- Vermont Life Insurance Company
- Claremont Manufacturing Co.
- Crampton\'s Imperial Laundry Soap
- Arms & Haines, Waterbury
- Robinson\'s Insurance Agency, Claremont NH
- numerous dry goods, boots and shoes, grocery, tailoring and other merchant advertisements.
Especially interesting to railroad collectors are the period advertisements, routes and timetables for the Vermont Central Railroad, Cheshire Railroad, Connecticut & Passumpsic Rivers and Massawippi Valley Railroads, Northern New Hampshire Railroad, Concord Railroad, and Sugar River / Concord & Claremont / Contoocook River lines. The railroad pages include stations, schedules, connections, fares and transportation information.
The directory is essentially a snapshot of Vermont commerce and community life in the early 1870s, with hundreds of individual names appearing throughout. The combination of genealogical information, illustrated advertising, railroad material and Vermont town history makes it much more interesting than a simple period almanac.
Authentic period piece related to family, historyor local heritage - well-suited for historical collections, genealogical /genealogy research, or museum acquisition.Vintage or Antique.
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