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Title
Rodney
V
.
Marsh
photograph
Subject
Underground Railroad -- Vermont
Ohio History -- Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Time Period
1860s
Place
Brandon (Vermont)
Rutland County (Vermont)
Description
Rodney
V
.
Marsh
kept
a
station
on the
Underground
Railroad
in his
home
at
Brandon
, in
Rutland
County
,
Vermont
. The
Marsh
home
was
built
in
1853
and
contained
more
than
50
closets
that were
used
for
hiding
.
It
had
8
escape
stairways
from
several
levels
and a
tunnel
connecting
the
cellar
to the
outdoors
.
Several
houses
in the
area
had
tunnels
leading
to the
Marsh
home
. The
image
was
collected
by
Ohio
State
University
professor
Wilbur
H
.
Siebert
(1866-1961)
.
Siebert
began
researching
the
Underground
Railroad
in the
1890s
as a
way
to
interest
his
students
in
history
.
Date of Original
ca.
1860
Collection
Wilbur
H
.
Siebert
Collection
Source
MSS
116
AV
;
Box
79
,
Folder
11
Format
Picture
;
Mounted
on
Board
;
Albumen
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
AL03223.tif
Image Height
2000
Image Width
2000
File Size
5609960 Bytes
Notes
orig
.
size
3.25
x
4.75
;
recropped
Removed
from
Box
65
,
Volume
01vt
,
Item
86
during
conservation.
;
Portrait
:
Yes
Date created
2011-08-02
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