Which 50 of the Vermont Historical Society’s 30,000 artifacts best sum up the state?

Which 50 of the Vermont Historical Society’s 30,000 artifacts best sum up the state?

Vermont Historical Society collections manager Katie Grant and executive director Stephen Perkins unbox a globe — made in 1810 by James Wilson of Bradford — for a “50 for 250” U.S. semiquincentennial exhibit in Montpelier. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger MONTPELIER — A century-old pair of ash and rawhide snowshoes — embodying subsistence and sport — seemed an obvious choice when the Vermont Historical Society perused its 30,000 artifacts to pic…