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The Landscape Change Program is an online archive of over 70,000 images providing an interdisciplinary look at the past and present Vermont landscape
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These photos show Anvil Rock Cliff along the shores of Lake Champlain in 2004 and the late 1800’s.

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#history #vermont #lakechamplain #landscape #rocks
November 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This photo from October 1986 captures a plane flying overhead at the Burlington airport. Since the 1920s, flights have taken off from what is now BTV, and with the holidays approaching, air traffic is once again on the rise.
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#vermont #airplane
November 22, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Taken in Brattleboro, VT, this photograph captures two life-sized, wooden horses and was shot for the Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co. and contributed to the Landscape Change Program by the Penobscot Marine Museum, located in Searsport, ME.

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November 21, 2025 at 1:53 AM
This Vermont Life Magazine cover from the fall of 1987 features a photograph by of a man splitting wood in Peacham, Vermont.
#vermont #history #photography #archive

📷 Richard W. Brown (1987): “Splitting Wood in Peacham”

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November 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The first photo shows the construction of Burklyn Hall atop the Darling Ridge in East Burke, Vermont. The town line between East Burke and Lyndon runs through the house, hence the name “Burklyn” Hall.

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November 19, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Since 1921, the Ira Allen Statue has stood on the University of Vermont’s campus. Over 100 years later, it still stands as a landmark for the school.

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📷 “What Say, Ira?”: 1958

📷 “Ira all Dressed Up”: 1967

📷 “Ira Allen and Scott Sartorias”: 1970-80
November 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Fall hasn’t ended yet!
Taken in October of 1985, this black and white photo depicts a “colorful” pumpkin patch.

📷 October 9th, 1985: “Pumpkin Patch”

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November 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
From the 1800s to this century, “View of Chin from the Lips, Mount Mansfield” represents the Landscape Change Program’s mission: to preserve and present images of Vermont landscapes as they were and as they are.

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November 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The leaves have fallen, the first snow has arrived, and Vermont is ready for ski season.
This photo, taken in November of 1980 and titled “First Snow on Warden Farm, 1980”, depicts 2 trucks in front of a wooden fence covered in fresh snow.

📷 Dave Warden

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November 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The Great Flood of 1927, which occurred from November 2nd to 4th, destroyed over 1,000 bridges and caused over $50 million (in 1927 USD) in damages across the state of Vermont.

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November 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This aerial photo from before 2000 encompasses the entirety of the Breadloaf Campus of Middlebury College and showcases Vermont’s beautiful fall foliage.

📷 Henry Sheldon Museum: “Aerial of Breadloaf Campus in Fall”

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November 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
November 3rd, 1927, the Winooski River flooded along with other rivers throughout New England. This disaster struck Vermont the hardest, with 84 of the 85 total deaths being Vermonters, including the state’s Lieutenant Governor at the time, Samuel Hollister Jackson.
November 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM