Frankenstein Trestle, Crawford Notch

Postcard

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Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Frankenstein Trestle, Crawford Notch

Entry/Object ID

MWM2025.0001.0002

Description

A postcard containing a color landscape depiction of the Frankenstein Trestle in Crawford Notch. The back contains this information regarding the location: "FRANKENSTEIN TRESTLE. CRAWFORD NOTCH, bridges Frankenstein Gulf and is five hundred feet long and eighty feet high. From this trestle the Giant's Stairs and Mt. Wiley are clearly outlined against the sky. A grand view of Mt. Washington is seen just at the northern end of the lofty Frankenstein Cliff."

Subject

Frankenstein Trestle

Collection

Permanent Collection

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2025.0001

Source or Donor

Alvin Schaut

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Mountains, Trains, Railways, Clouds, Trees

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Postcard

Class

Writing Media

Postcard Details

Postcard Type

White Border (1915-1930)

Publisher

James F. Snow

Place Published

City

Brunswick

State/Province

Maine

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Time Period

20th Century

Notes

"SNOW'S PINE TREE STATE POST CARDS." "Pub. by James F. Snow, Brunswick, Me."