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ily for decades, to Walter Berry, who ran it during its heyday and whose descendants still own it. Sanford was also responsible for building “The Priory” just northeast of the Battle Monument, and owned other notable properties. She was active in and financially supportive of the efforts to create Bennington College. Sanford was indirectly responsible for the creation of the Bennington Museum. In 1909, Sanford moved the seriously ill
John Spargo (the driving force behind the creation of the museum) to Bennington and allowed him to live in a rent-free house that she owned. At this time, Spargo was a Socialist organizer, and despite her great wealth, Sanford was a Socialist activist. Spargo went on to recover, and later broke with the Socialist Party to become a conservative Republican. It is said that (Continued on page 2)
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On Thursday, March 19, Tony Marro will explore Mary Sanford’s Bennington through her photographs. View pictures taken by Sanford as Marro discusses her place in the history of Old Bennington. Working as a volunteer at the museum digitizing and cataloging Sanford’s glass plate negatives held by the Bennington Museum, Marro became interested in Sanford, and set out to learn more about her, the times in which she lived, and her life. Join the members of the Bennington Historical Society at the March program being held at 7:00 p.m. at the museum. The program is open and free to the public. Born in Troy, Mary Sanford lived most of her adult life in Manhattan. When she wasn’t traveling in Europe or Africa, she spent every summer of her eightyeight years (from 1859 to 1947) in Bennington Centre, now Old Bennington. Largely forgotten today, Sanford’s impact on the village was important and longlasting. She sold the Walloomsac Inn, which had been in her fam-
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