On this date: May 7, 1901

May 7, 1901, in the Barre Evening Telegram, page 3:

Historic newspapers often provide fascinating glimpses of the changing landscape of towns and cities. This was an advertisement for house lots by a developer in Barre, Vermont, which were likely never developed in entirety, as neither Congress or Federal Street exist today. Pretty neat!

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-Karyn Norwood