White Mountains, N.H. Crawford Notch from below Willey Brook Bridge

Archive

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Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

White Mountains, N.H. Crawford Notch from below Willey Brook Bridge

Entry/Object ID

MWM2010.0001.0278

Scope and Content

Colored image of railroad tracks leading up a mountain. Caption reads, “White Mountains, N.H. Crawford Notch from below Willey Brook Bridge.” Back Description: Typical postcard back. Features a handwritten note, postmark, and postage stamp. Transcription: "On fire with splendor stood each tree! Such change of hue bewildered me- There with her crown of rubies on that queen of trees, the maple shone!" George Bancroft Griffith. Oct. 9. 1910- White Mountains, NH. John+ Mr. Y- may come to your house tonight about midnight. Please leave the side door so that my key will open + then they won't have to disturb you. No lights. John knows where the switch it, if he comes. DDW" Addressed: Miss Sadie F. Davis #77 Western Prom., Auburn Maine PM: Oct. 730A 1910 ME

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, Utility poles, Trees, Trains, Rocks, Railroad travel, Mountains

Search Terms

Crawford Notch (New Hampshire : valley), Willey Brook Bridge (Carroll county, New Hampshire : structure), Auburn (Androscoggin county, Maine : inhabited place), Postage Postage Stamps

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1910 - 1910

Archive Notes

Date(s): October 21, 1910 Medium: cardstock Publisher: Hugh C. Leighton Company Manufacturers, Portland, ME Place Published: Germany

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#: WM201000555, WM201000556 UDF03: NHHN EXPORT