Wallace McNeil Photos – Farm Fire 1947 – Charlotte, Vermont
McNeil Farm Fire Photo 8

Wallace McNeil Photos – Farm Fire 1947 – Charlotte, Vermont
McNeil Farm Fire Photo 8

April 9, 1947 fire destroys farm buildings at the Old Homestead Farm/Lyman B. McNeil Estate in Charlotte, Vermont. Farm owned by Wallace L. McNeil, operated by Mitchell Lavalette. (Information from the Burlington Free Press, April 10, 1947.)

Note on photo:

Leo, day after,
where we forked away
unburned hay. All this
burned later, + in turn
set ice house afire
12:40 ± AM Apr 11
by sparks in S. gale

Copy 2
Note on photo 2:

Worked for Mich L
Leo Peryea 1947

3” X 5” photo

Wallace McNeil

Donated by Nancy Sabin

April 9, 1947

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Charlotte, Vermont history, Old Homestead Farm, McNeil Farm, barn fire, Shelburne Fire Department, Burlington Fire Department