4500 - Mt. Washington, White Mountains, New Hampshire

Name/Title

4500 - Mt. Washington, White Mountains, New Hampshire

Entry/Object ID

MWM2024.0003.0023

Description

A postcard containing a landscape photo of both green and colorful trees in the foreground, and Mt. Washington in the background. The photo is in color. Typical postcard back containing, 1, extra information on Mt. Washington, and 2, printing information. 1: Mt. Washington (altitude 6288ft.) is New England's highest peak. It dominates the Presidential Range, the rugged summit rising a sheer thousand feet above a high plateau. Always impressive this mountain is the most majestic when snow capped. 2: Text - Made in Switzerland and Imported exclusively by K.S.Tanner, Jr., Rutherfordton, N.C., U.S.A. Postmarked in Franconia, NH on September 22, 1943 at 9am. Transcription: This is what we did not see coming up. No snow + hardly any color - we arrived about - four o'clock had a nice dinner in Concord. We have walked all around here + up to the library building on the hill. ACJ. Tues 6.30 PM Addressee: Miss Florence J. Murphy, 376 Lafayette St. Salem, MA

Subject

Mount Washington

Subject Place

Location

Mount Washington

County

Coös

State/Province

New Hampshire

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Collection

Permanent Collection

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2024.0003

Source or Donor

Alvin Schaut

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Alvin Schaut

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Postcards

Search Terms

Mt. Washington, Mount Washington, White Mountains

Postcard Details

Publisher

Bromley & Company, Inc.

Place Printed

Country

Switzerland

Continent

Europe

Photographer

Winston Pote

Postmark

Date and Time of Postmark

September 22, 1943; 9am

Postmark Place

Location

Franconia Notch

County

Grafton

State/Province

New Hampshire

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Addressee

Name

Miss Florence J. Murphy

Address

Street
376 Lafayette St.
City
Salem
State/Province
Massachusetts

Primary Language

English

Transcription

Transcription

This is what we did not see coming up. No snow + hardly any color - we arrived about - four o'clock had a nice dinner in Concord. We have walked all around here + up to the library building on the hill. ACJ. Tues 6.30 PM

Transcriber

Zechariah Smith

Language

English