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Gallery

A collection of photos, illustrations, archival documents, and video and audio testimonies that tell the story of Sutton, a community shaped in large measure by its proximity to the border with Vermont.
Photo of the Abercorn House from 1860 to 1935, located at 52 Thibault Street
Cartoon of a group of women with a banner that reads: Lips that Touch Liquor Shall not Touch Ours.
Image of a man in prison. The bubble it says: Drinking Leads to Neglect of Duty, Moral Degradation and Crime.
The cartoon shows a group of women waiting for their husbands outside a liquor store.
Banner headline from the newspaper The American Issue: U.S is Voted Dry.
Bust portrait of William W. Smith.
Railway workers pose with a locomotive that just arrived at Sutton Junction Station.
Text of the question asked in the 1898 referendum and an invitation to place your X under the No.
Cover page of a pamphlet distributed by prohibition opponents to encourage people to vote on 29 September 1898.
A group of 13 delegates in Toronto at the 1887 convention of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).
Photo of André Bessette
Jerico Road can be seen at the bottom of the map, along the border near East Richford.
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