Our twelfth “Glimpse of the Past” with The Barton Chronicle featured a collection of photographs from Mr. and Mrs. Guy Harris that include a class trip to Boston, New York and Washington, D.C. by students from Barton Landing (now Orleans) High School.

Mr. Harris lived from 1894 to 1979 and was a high school student between 1909 and 1912. The capitol at the turn of the twentieth century had the atmosphere more like a small town then the city as we now know it. Security of government buildings was on a much smaller scale and it was even possible to approach the White House. These photos show our capitol in strong contrast to the images we have been seeing more recently. The photos include:

(1) The Old Barton Landing High School which was located on School Street where the Orleans Federated Church now stands.
(2) Battleship Vermont at the Charlestown, Massachusetts Navy Yard as seen by students from Barton Landing High School.
(3) A World War II blotter from the archives of the Orleans County Historical Society that reminds young servicemen that to win the war and to save democracy that it would take all Races and Creeds working together for a common goal. Perhaps this would be a good reminder for us in our current troubling times.
(4) United States Capitol building in Washington, DC in 1910.
(5) Entrance to the Library of Congress in Washington, DC in 1910.
(6) Students from Barton Landing (Orleans) High School gather for a group photo at the Hotel Fredonia in Washington, DC around 1910.
(7) Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC with the capitol building in the distance about 1910.
(8) Students from Barton Landing (Orleans) High School gather on the White House lawn in Washington, DC during a class trip about 1910.