Local History Videos

  Glimpse history through old images of  Burlington , Vermont. Old Photos of  Burlington  VT These old photos of the city’s residents going about their lives are so packed with small details that I’ve added a couple of closeups of each image. An old photo of Church Street in  Burlington , Vermont, looking north from Bank Street. From the archives of the Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection at the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Closeup of an old photo of Church Street in  Burlington , Vermont, looking north from Bank Street. From the archives of the Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection at the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Closeup of an old photo of Church Street in  Burlington , Vermont, looking north from Bank Street. From the archives of the Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection at the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. An old photo of Church Street in...

Glimpse history through old images of  Montpelier , Vermont, the seat of Washington County in the United States of America. A Bird’s-eye view of  Montpelier  in Vermont, published in 1884. From the archives of the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division. The Pavilion Hotel At 109 State Street sits a 1971 reconstruction of a French Second Empire style building, now used as the principal workplaces of the Governor of Vermont, the Vermont Attourney General, the Vermont State Treasurer, and the Agency of Administration, as well as the Vermont Historical Society and its museum. The original hotel on that site was opened in 1808, and later expanded and rebuilt in the Greek Revival style, at which point it became the Pavilion Hotel. Then in 1874 the building was demolished, to be replaced by the $100,000 French Second Empire style hotel, offering ninety bedrooms, two ball rooms, dining rooms and lounges, all lit by jet gas and served by steam powered elevators. It ...

  Glimpse history through fascinating old images of  Norfolk , Virginia. Old Photos of  Norfolk ,  Va Old photo of Alfred Waud sitting on rubble at the ruined docks of the  Norfolk  Navy Yard, Virginia, taken during the American Civil War in December 1864. From the archives of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Old photo of the harbour at  Norfolk , Virginia, taken in 1896. From the archives of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Old photo of Main Street in  Norfolk , Virginia, taken in 1897. From the archives of the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division. Closeup of an old photo of Main Street in  Norfolk , Virginia, taken in 1897. From the archives of the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division. Old photo of the outside of the market at  Norfolk , Virginia, taken around 1897. From the archives of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Closeup of a...