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East Fairfield Covered Bridge [45-06-03]
What posters were pasted on the inside of the west gable siding of the East Fairfield Covered Bridge? Unless a long-time resident of the village will tell us we may never know.
In the course of the reconstruction of the old bridge the siding was removed, stacked, and taken away, the ancient paste-ups and stenciled advertisements with it.
Subsequently, VCBS Life Member Rae Laitres and her husband Richard sorted through the lumber stack at contractor Blow and Cote's storage building. They found one board with part of the paste-up still adhering. Ms. Laitres is putting her find in a safe place.
Asked why she went to so much trouble, Rae replied; "I love covered bridges and I love history. I couldn't let this piece of history to just disappear."
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East Fairfield paste-ups.
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Joe Nelson, P.O Box 267, Jericho, VT 05465-0267
This file posted 09/30/2008
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