Workers Putting Up Electrical Lines

Photograph

Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

MWM2010.0001.0943

Description

Black and white image of eight men, all wearing work clothes, six of which work to raise a large wooden pole with long wooden sticks. The setting is along a dirt path in front of a small wooden structure on which is a sign which reads, "White's Photographs." In the background are trees and the top of a gable end of another building. On back in pencil, "View of raising of pole for telephone line- taken in front of White's Studio- Intervale Road."

Collection

Dan Noel Collection

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2010.0001

Source or Donor

Dan Noel

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Dan Noel

Made/Created

Artist

White, Thomas Edward Millikin

Studio

T.E.M. White and G.F. Photography North Conway NH

Date made

1879 - 1909

Place

City

North Conway

County

Carroll

State/Province

New Hampshire

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Telephone lines, Men, Signs, Photography, Workers, Photographic studios, Buildings, Telephone poles, Telephone companies, Studios, Dirt roads, Telephone equipment industry, Workshops, Poles, Utility

Search Terms

North Conway (Carroll county, New Hampshire : inhabited place)

Dimensions

Height

4 in

Width

6 in

Dimension Notes

inches Print matted on cardboard; total size 9.5 x 7

Condition

Notes

The card stock and photograph seems to be in excellent condition.

General Notes

Note

Original or Copy: Original Status By: Bolduc, Lindsay Status Date: 2016-09-01 Scan ID#: WM201100003 UDF03: NHHN EXPORT