Vermont history is a long and fascinating study. Some things in Vermont have changed, others have stayed the same. Here are some amazing photos from 1940 that show us what Vermont life looked like in the Green Mountain State over 75 years ago. Let's take a look at these historic photos of Vermont.

1. Townspeople at town meeting to ballot on whether or not intoxicating liquors should be sold in Woodstock.

2. One of the town selectmen voting at a town meeting.

The women who gave him the ballot said, "If you vote yes for liquor, you'd better put your ballot in a box in a different town. We won't let you stay around here long."

3. A mailman in Woodstock makes deliveries after a heavy snowfall.

4. Horse and sled of a garbage and rubbish collector.

5. Sawing wood on a farm.

6. Weekend skiers, often from New York, can get warm and dry and refreshments in a ski hut built by Clinton Gilbert, a farmer in Woodstock.

7. Mr. G.W. Clarke coming to town to sell butter on Saturday. He was seventy-one years old in this photo and was a lifelong resident of Vermont.

8. Proprietor of pool room and townspeople playing cards on a winter morning.

9. Hauling water in milk cans after pipes have frozen.

10. Hired help resting after day's work on Upwey horse farm in South Woodstock.

11. Farmers bring their cans of milk to the crossroads early every morning, where they are picked up by large cooperative farmers trucks.

12. Farmer's son and collie dog driving the cows back to the barn after watering them at the brook.

All other sources of water supply were frozen for two months during very severe winter.

13. Townspeople going to vote by ballot on whether or not pinball machines should be allowed.

14. Skiers eating lunch in tollhouse at the foot of Mount Mansfield.

15. A Vermont homemaker fixing supper on a winter night.

16. Walter N. Gaylord dripping the boiled-down maple syrup sap to see if it has reached correct consistency for syrup.

He is making maple syrup on a King evaporator in Waitsfield, Mad River Valley. He averaged about 150 gallons of syrup annually, this particular year he tapped 600 out of his 1000 trees because of an unusually deep snow and late spring.

17. Farmhouse and milk cans near Saint Johnsbury.

18. Young daughter of Frank H. Shurtleff sitting outside sugar house where sap from maple trees is boiled down into maple syrup.

The Shurtleff farm had about 400 acres, and was originally purchased by the grandfather in 1840. He raised sheep, cows, cut lumber and made maple syrup for about 35 years. Sugaring brings in around one thousand dollars annually. Becasue of the deep snow this particular year he only tapped 1000 of his 2000 trees on this farm in North Bridgewater.

19. Farmer with his freshly-dug potatoes near Bristol.

20. Silver salesman who travels from farm to farm trying to sell his wares to a farm woman near Lincoln.

21. Pitching pennies at a band concert in Lincoln.

22. Raffle of a ten-pound bag of sugar conducted to raise funds for the church in Lincoln.

23. Old man and his wife preparing their popcorn roaster in front of the town hall in Bristol, Vermont in the 1940s.

24. Farmer's son shoveling snow out of a driveway near Putney.

25. Corner of Main Street, center of town after a blizzard in Brattleboro.

26. Every available space for parking is used by skiers on weekends at Clinton Gilbert's farm in Woodstock.

The house was purchased by Gilbert in 1929. He had about 150 acres, mainly a dairy farm with twenty three cows. He also made about one hundred gallons of maple syrup every year.

What are some moments of the history of Vermont will you never forget? Let us know below in the comments section. We look forward to hearing your thoughts and reading your stories.

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