COLLAMER ABBOTT PHOTOS

Capturing Hartford, VT in the ‘Fifties

Collamer Abbott was a photographer, journalist, and teacher who was born in Wilder in 1919 and died in White River Junction in 2012 at age 92. Abbott made iconic images of Hartford in the 1950’s including kids swimming and sledding, farmers and livestock on hillsides, and everyday scenes around town. Many of the photos appeared in the Brattleboro Reformer or Valley News where Collamer was a reporter and photographer. Collamer Abbott’s photos are now archived at the University of Vermont and there is a permanent exhibit at the Hartford High School Library. He made the following photos available to the Hartford Historical Society.

South Main St. in White River Junction, VT in the late ‘Fifties.

North Main St. in White River Junction.

Sugaring at the Hazen farm in West Hartford, VT.

Tubing in Wilder, VT.