Elephant's Head and Entrance to Crawford Notch, White Mountains, New Hampshire

Name/Title

Elephant's Head and Entrance to Crawford Notch, White Mountains, New Hampshire

Entry/Object ID

MWM2010.0001.0243

Scope and Content

Colored image of a train heading down tracks by a large rock with mountains all around. Caption reads, “Elephant's Head and Entrance to Crawford Notch, White Mountains, New Hampshire.” Back Description: Typical postcard back. Features a handwritten note, postmark, and postage stamp. Includes paragraph on subjects. Transcription: "9-28-48 Dear Mary, Shand you… card. Have seen the post card view many times, Used to live near there. Warm here and in 47th day of drought. Mrs. Gladys R. Kent 65 Bow Lane Road Middletown Connecticut Addressed: Mrs. Mary Wallace PO box 308 Goshen, Indiana PM: Middletown, Connecticut Sep282-PM 1948

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

Railways, Railroads, Railroad travel, Railroad tracks, Rocks, Trees, Mountains

Search Terms

Elephant Head (Carroll county, New Hampshire : rock), Crawford Notch (New Hampshire : valley), Goshen (Elkhart county, Indiana : inhabited place), Middletown (Middlesex county, Connecticut : inhabited place), Postage Postage Stamps

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1948 - 1948

Archive Notes

Date(s): September 28, 1948 Medium: linen Publisher: Bisbee Press, Lancaster, N.H.

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#: WM201000485, WM201000486 UDF03: NHHN EXPORT