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Germany (West)–Description and travel; Rhine River Valley–Description and travel.
Rowing–Germany (West).
The log of the Water Lily, four-oared Thames gig, during a rowing excursion on the Rhine, and other streams of Germany - by an Oxford man and a Wykehamist [i.e. R. B. Mansfield]
VERGENNES - VERMONT - UNITED STATES - Publisher; NO. 111 NASSAU STREET - NEW YORK - NEW YORK - UNITED STATES - Lithographer
SHORT DESCRIPTION: View of Vergennes Falls, Vermont from the water. The image shows a shoreline of manufactories and stores with waterfalls in between. The steam tug Water Lilly tows two barges at the lower left. NOTES: Reporter Christie Garrett described this image in the November 21, 1974, 'the Enterprise and Vermonter' thusly: A lithograph of Vergennes Falls by J. L. Giles and Co., printed by Sidney M. Southard of Vergennes can be seen in the Webb Gallery of the Shelburne Museum. Thirteen businesses and industries are listed on the print, which is "Respectfully dedicated to his Honor, George W. Grandey, Major of Vergennes." It shows a bustling industrial complex centered around a set of three falls. Activity is apparent everywhere, people can be seen crossing the bridge on foot and in wheeled vehicles, workers are shown at momentary rest, cargo sits on the dock ready to be loaded onto ships and marketed, and smoke drifts from the chimneys of the factories. Several types of boats can be seene in the foreground - barges towed by a small steamship, plus three rowboats and a sailboat with parasoled ladies aboard. It shows the multiple use the Otter Creek was given, and the importance of the waterway as a means of commerce. Judging from the names of the businesses in the list, the lithgraph would seem to have been printed during Mayor Grandey's 1864 term of office. The view pictures the busy and obviously thriving industrial center of the city, and it is interesting to note that it is this aspect of the town that was deemed representative of Vergennes, rather than a more con-ventionally pretty site. Two factors contribute: in the first place, Vergennes is comprised of only the city proper (1,152 acres) and has no outlying picturesque rurla regions; and sedondly, the type of businesses and their industrial methods at the time were not incom-patible with scenic beauty. But more than that, the picture seems to reflect the pride and satisfaction the community took in its industrial center. As Abby Hemenway wrote in 1867, it representes, ".. Nature as a handmaid to Industry her strong and beautiful forces tributary to the useful". She goes on to say, "..upon the bridge that spans the Otter, the continued him of machinery, modulated by the grand water chorus from three distinct sets of falls, blends pleasantly upon the ear; momentarily two spirits strive whith the arrested traveler - Labor and Worship". The Falls were an integral and apparently appreciated part of the growing city. The original photograph was probably taken by Sidney M. Southard, who is listed in the roster of merchants with the information he sold (or made), "Picture, Photography, and Looking Glass Frames", then the lithograph cut from the photo by J. L. Giles and Co., which is listed by American on Stone (p. 196) as active in the 1860s. It was probably then sent back to Mr. Southard for publication and distribution. Strangely enough, this lithograph seems to be one of the few imprints Mr. Southard left on history. He is not listed in the directories which contain nineteenth century publishers of Vermont, and never appears in the Walton's Vermont Yearbooks in lists of other Vergennes businessmen. NOTES: George W. Grandey was major of Vergennes Falls, Vermont four times: 1855-1860, 1864-1866, 1871 and 1880 DUPLICATE NOTES: Duplicate copy sent to auction and deaccessioned on February 21, 1980.
MS0091-03-01-15-118
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