White Mts., Crawford House from Elephants Head

Archive

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Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

White Mts., Crawford House from Elephants Head

Entry/Object ID

MWM2010.0001.0219

Scope and Content

Colored image of a hotel and grounds with a road and railroad tracks leading to it. Also in view is a pond, tennis courts, and mountains. Caption reads, “White Mts., Crawford House from Elephants Head.” Back Description: Typical postcard back. Features a handwritten note, postmark, and postage stamp. Transcription: "Damariseulla Sept 16 Maine. Mr Mrs Hawkins Dear friends arrived safe all well here the weather is quite cool. Maine is all right good bye Mr Mrs McKun" Addressed: Mr. Fred Hawkins 2708 Aldrich Ave Minneapolis Minn.

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

Railroads, Railways, Railroad tracks, Roads, Landscape photographs, Resorts, Railroad travel, Views, Hotels, Tennis courts, Town life, Mountains

Search Terms

Crawford Notch (New Hampshire : valley), Crawford House (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Crawford Notch Depot (Coos county, New Hampshire : railroad station), Elephant Head (Carroll county, New Hampshire : rock), Minneapolis (Hennepin county, Minnesota : inhabited place), Postage Postage Stamps

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1911 - 1911

Archive Notes

Date(s): September 16, 1911 Medium: cardstock Publisher: Leighton and Valentine Company New York, NY

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

3.5" x 5.5"

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Location

Crawford Notch

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#: WM201000437, WM201000438 UDF03: NHHN EXPORT