Horse-drawn wagons and the quiet pace of a New England town fill Main Street, Bennington, Vermont in this crisp 1906 Rotograph photograph — and tucked behind the cover card, a brass paper fastener secures a hidden accordion-fold strip of additional Bennington views including St. Francis De Sales Academy and other local landmarks. The Rotograph Company of New York was celebrated for its high-quality photographic postcards, and this example, number 31391, carries both a 1906 copyright notice and a "Patented Dec. 5th, 1905, No. 806631" mark — the patent covering the clever pull-out mechanism. Awning-fronted storefronts line the left-hand side of the wide, tree-lined street; a church steeple punctuates the distance; overhead telegraph and telephone wires speak to Bennington's growing modernity. The brass fastener — a small decorative eyelet — is still present on the cover, holding the folded interior views in place. St. Francis De Sales Academy, visible in the unfolded strip, operated as a prominent Catholic school in Bennington during this era. A remarkably intact piece of Vermont vernacular Americana from the very dawn of the picture-postcard craze.