Skis outside of tollhouse at the foot of Smugglers Notch
8"x10"
$31.20
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$31.20
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Skis outside of tollhouse at the foot of Smugglers Notch
$31.20
Sale price
$31.20
Regular price
$40.00
In 1807, President Thomas Jefferson passed the Embargo Act, prohibiting trade with Great Britain and Canada. This made things very difficult for local Vermonters, who began smuggling goods back and forth with Canada through a natural-made pass in the mountains—hence "Smuggler's Notch".
Over one hundred years later, Marion Post Wolcott photographed the adventuresome skiers who made their way up Mount Mansfield and the Sterling Range. Though the area would not become a resort until 1956, locals had been enjoying the slopes for decades prior. Shot in 1939, Skis outside of tollhouse at the foot of Smugglers Notch exudes the allure of après ski.