Tip-Top House

Archive

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Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Tip-Top House

Entry/Object ID

MWM2010.0001.0021

Scope and Content

Colored image of a building with its gable end facing front, and all below the slope of its roof covered in stone. Skylights are visible in its rooftop. A ramp leads to a doorway in its gable. A man stands on the ramp. A sign above the doorway reads, "Tip-Top House". Back Description: Printed on back, “Post Card, this side may be used for correspondence, this space for address only. The Hugh C. Leighton Co., Manufacturers, Portland ME USA Printed in Frankfort o/main Germany 3136. "The Old Tip Top House: The oldest structure now standing on the summit of Mt. Washinton..." Transcription: "Was it thirty years ago you lodged here? I slipped and slid about here today for your satisfaction. The trip up is grand. You will…carve… W.S.L" Addressed: Mr. E. D. Livingston 287 Weslford St. Lowell Mass Postmarked: Sep 17 AM 1907 Mt. Washington, NH

Collection

Dan Noel Collection

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2010.0001

Source or Donor

Dan Noel

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Dan Noel

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Clouds, Ramps, Signs, Buildings, People, Houses, Rocks, Mountains, Stamps

Search Terms

Tip-Top House (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Washington, Mount (Coos county, New Hampshire : Mountain), Lowell (Middlesex county, Massachusetts : inhabited place), Postage

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1907 - 1907

Archive Notes

Date(s): September 17, 1907 Medium: cardstock Publisher: Hugh C. Leighton Company Manufacturers, Portland, ME Place Published: Frankfurt, Germany

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

3.5" x 5.5"

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Region

Presidential Range

County

Coös

State/Province

New Hampshire

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: Burke, Lindsay Status Date: 2011-12-15 Scan ID#: WM201000041, WM201000042 Other Date: 1355 UDF03: NHHN EXPORT