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Photography and ephemera courtesy of: Lee Mothes, 6 and 10–14; Michele Brodie Basile, 8 and 9; Images from the Past, Bennington VT, 75; Jack Presbury, 88 and 89; Everett Caldwell, 103; Carolyn Miller, 133; John P. Rickerhauser, 146; David Lindemulder, 175; Merrall MacNeille, 206 and 207; Don Cook, 217

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© 2013 by Lee Mothes

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March 22, 2013

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