Back Issues of Vermont Life
Guide to Issue Contents, 1955 - 1959

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1959, WINTER - Dairy farmer Earl Hackett, Ice fishing, Olympic ski champion Andrea Mead, Olympic skiers Betsy and Sunny Snite, Teaching music in Vermont's rural schools, Winter scenic photo portfolio, Making a Christmas wreath, Aerial views of covered bridges, Topsham's national classroom magazine, Bruce Graham's ski lodge in Wilmington, Artist Paul Sample, The burglar of Chester. Buy this issue.
1959, AUTUMN - Duck hunting, Wasp Automobiles manufactured in Bennington, Old mills, Vermont birthdays, The Boorn murder mystery, Autumn scenic photo portfolio, Constructing the National Life Insurance building in Montpelier, Herbal remedies, Picnic photos, Sunday White's gun collection, Vermont's book stores, The great turkey drive, The Old Stone House in Orleans, Church suppers. Buy this issue.
1959, SUMMER - Lake Champlain's last 350 years, The geography of Lake Champlain, The wildlife around Lake Champlain, Vermont's Native Americans, A Lake Champlain visitors' guide, The battles of the Champlain Valley, The boats of Lake Champlain, Waterfront industries, Recreation on and around Lake Champlain. Buy this issue.
1959, SPRING - Vermont daylilies, Raising sheep, Archie Baker's water mill in Sherburne Center, The houses of Woodstock, Spring scenic photo portfolio, Celebrating Memorial Day in the past, The 8th annual photography awards, American Revolution scout Ben Whitcomb, The cows of Enosburg Falls, Auctions, Log drives, Vermont guide books, The William Jarvis historical site, Producing softwood oils, The Wonder Boat business in Orleans. Buy this issue.

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1958, WINTER - Skiing, Vermont's ski areas, Harold Farr's ski tow, Tuttle Law Print in Rutland, Winter in Peacham, Winter scenic photo portfolio, Vermont toy makers, Riley Bostwick's farm in Rochester, The Williamstown Branch. Buy this issue.
1958, AUTUMN - The Machine Tool Industry, Vermonter Oscar Matthews, Dr. Charles Farnsworth of Thetford, Autumn scenic photo portfolio, Porcupines, Revolutionary Colonel William Barton, Cattle auctions, Making cider. Buy this issue.
1958, SUMMER - Vermont native orchids, The Franklin County Dairy Festival, Visiting cemeteries, The Calvin Coolidge home, Photographs of the forest, French Vermonters, Sailing, The Lake Champlain Cut-Off Proposal, Old train stations, The Summit House of Mt. Mansfield, Summer scenic photo portfolio, Pet parade in St. Johnsbury, The American Optical Plant in Brattleboro, The road along the Canadian boarder, Summer craft fairs. Buy this issue.
1958, SPRING - Vermont wrestlers, Fisherman Fred Fauchs, The copper mine in South Strafford, Maple sugaring, Maple sugaring art work, Spring scenic photo portfolio, The use of the telephone in Vermont, Practicing religion, The Electro-Medical Laboratory Inc. in South Woodstock, The Bread Loaf School of English, Railroad tunnels, The Long Trail's suspension bridge, Ethan Allen's burial place, The 7th annual photography awards, The John Strong Mansion in Addison, Traveling through Vermont, Starlake Farm in Norwich. Buy this issue.

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1957, WINTER - Farmers' Day in Wilmington, The workers of the granite quarries, Vermont's covered bridges, Country Minister Lincoln Bigelow, Revere bells, Winter scenic photo portfolio, Edward Norton's pottery, Logging, Vermont news dailies, The Chester A. Arthur birthplace, Images of industry, Hungarian students visit Vermont, Vermonter James Wilson. Buy this issue.
1957, AUTUMN - Country tracks and trotters: harness racing in Vermont; Woodturner Glen Woodbury; Waterfowl decoys at the Shelburne Museum; Raising wheat and baking bread in Middlebury; Bee hunting; Autumn scenic; Vermont's roadside history program journeys to historic sites; Long way home: on Vermont's back roads; Gores, grants and ghost towns; The Southern Vermont Art Center at Manchester; Short line railroad in North Bennington; Franklin County's Princess Agnes Joy Salm-Salm. Out of Print.
1957, SUMMER - Scenes from the granite quarries, Reasons to live in Vermont, Growing up in Sheldon, A country wedding, Old Home Days in Vermont towns, International Summer School at Bennington College, Summer scenic photo portfolio, Growing trefoil, Bob Carr's sailboat, Marlboro School of Music, Missisquoi Springs. Buy this issue.
1957, SPRING - Raising donkeys in Sutton, The four corners of Vermont's border, The oldest federal building in the United States, The new houses of Vermont, Inventors, White water canoeing, Justin Morgan's burial site, Vermont Life photography awards, The Rare Bird and Animal Farm in Fairlee, Maple sugaring at home. Buy this issue.

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1956, WINTER - Vermont's iron industry history, Ski jumping on Brattleboro's Harris Hill, Skiing on Stowe's Spruce Peak, Wood stoves, Rock of Ages granite memorials in Barre, The art of samplers, Artist James F. Gilman, Winter scenic photo portfolio, Becoming a Vermonter, Dunham Bros. Footwear in Brattleboro, Hunting rabbits, Lumberjack John Rowell, The J.K. Adams Company of Dorset. Buy this issue.
1956, AUTUMN - The Rutland Railway; The cider mill; Vermont Republicanism; Country walks (excerpt from Vermont Diary by Viola White); Birches; Extension building; Autumn scenic; Gates of the Kingdom; Painter of nostalgia: Francis Colburn; A rembrance of Vermont by Walter Hard; UN day, Vermont style; Native mushrooms; How they built the covered bridges; Ed Young, spinner in metal. Out of Print.
1956, SUMMER - Stellafane telescopes, Vermont Music Camp, Visiting the Cavendish Gorge, The Wright farm in South Burlington, The eastern border county, Artists Virginia and Lowell Naeve, Summer scenic photo portfolio, Polymers Inc. of Middlebury, Sailing school, Racing up Mt. Equinox, Vermont's summer theaters, The ways of Vermonters, Potter Nancy Wickham. Buy this issue.
1956, SPRING - The University of Vermont's maple sugaring farm in Underhill, Rock climbing, The Gagne family of Highgate Center, The bogs of Vermont, Artist Ella Fillmore Lillie, The Polygraphic Company of America, Vermont's underground caves, Vermont Life photography contest winners, North Thetford's church steeple, The Whitcomb farm in Essex Junction, Craftsman Roy Sheldon. Buy this issue.

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1955, WINTER - Vermont slate, Readex Microprint Corporation in Chester, A nursery school in Plainfield, Skiing on Mt. Snow, Whittler Gerald Hannah, Vermont Academy's Winter Carnival, The Ayrshire and Holstein-Friesian Cattle Breeder's Associations, Wind power, Green Mountains of Vermont by W. Storrs Lee. Buy this issue.
1955, AUTUMN - The puppet man, Basil Milovsoroff; A bell from the valley: East Jamaica gives a church bell to South Wardsboro; Musk-ox from the Arctic in Vermont; The Vermont panther; Hollywood looks at Vermont: Alfred Hitchcock films The Trouble with Harry; Tales of the covered bridge builders; Vermont scenes: paintings by Grif Teller; Secretary's report (of the annual cemetary association meeting); A visit to one of Vermont's largest industrial plants --the Goodyear plant in Windsor; The Morgan horse; Green Mountain remedy: the H. Gould Company of Rupert treats asthma; Heralds from home: Vermont's weeklies; The Hollands' home in Cavendish. Out of Print.
1955, SUMMER - Daniel Webster Day in Stratton, Grandad's Toy Shop of North Thetford, Bushnill's Mill Museum in Vernon, Vermont summer living, Close-up photography, The Holton tobacco farm in Westminster, Lake Champlain's seasons, Lake Champlain's French camp for girls, The Missisquoi Delta, Composers at Bennington College, The Junior Conservatory Camp in Lyndon, The St. J. & L. C. Railroad, Rug artist Carrie Estey. Buy this issue.
1955, SPRING - The Hyde Park Opera House, Town Meeting Day, Vermont's roads, Vermont's Outdoor Conservation Laboratory, Beef cattle in Vermont, The Moore farm in Weathersfield, Vermont Life Photography awards, The Hazen Road in Newbury, Painter Bessie Drennan, The Fairbanks Museum of Natural Science in St. Johnsbury, Blodgett Ovens Inc. of Burlington, The Taft Family Homestead in West Townshed, Vermont's country stores. Buy this issue.
 

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