Vermont Historic photos, documents, and people

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East Montpelier, Vermont. Conrad, age eleven, son of Charles Ormsbee, a member of the Capital City Boys 4-H club, who is raising a Jersey calf as his war project, helping his father at milking time. He

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East Montpelier, Vermont. Charles Ormsbee's widowed mother, Myrtle Ormsbee, knitting sweaters for the Red Cross. Mr. Ormsbee increased his produce, milk, and wood to aid the war effort, and all the mem

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East Montpelier, Vermont. Richard, age five, son of Charles Ormsbee, shown with his mother, is licking savings stamps, a self-selected war project. All his family contribute in special ways to the war

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East Montpelier, Vermont. Milking time on Charles Ormsbee's farm. He and his son Conrad, age eleven, are using automatic milkers. Mr. Ormsbee agreed to increase his Jersey herd from twenty-five to thir

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East Montpelier, Vermont. The woodlot on Charles Ormsbee's farm. He agreed to saw up 10,000 board feet of lumber from his woodlot this year as against none last year as his contribution toward the war

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Trazor Tatro a 13 year old boy who worked in the N. Pomal (Vt.) Mfg. Co. Mill two years ago (in summer) when he was only 11 years old. Expects to work again soon as they start up. Location: Vermont.

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East Montpelier, Vermont. Conrad Ormsbee show with automatic electric milkers. His father agreed to increase his Jersey herd from twenty-five to thirty milkers to aid in the Food for Freedom program

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Young girls working in American Woolen Mills, Winooski, Vt. Most are illiterate. Work slack and force small. (See also N.C.L.C. Photos #720-745 May 1909.) Location: Winooski, Vermont.

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Mule-spinning room, Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington, Vt. Edward Marcotte, a "back-roping boy" who has been here one year. See also photo and label #730. Location: Burlington, Vermont.