View of Mt. Kearsarge from Diana's Baths with Ladies

Photograph

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Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

View of Mt. Kearsarge from Diana's Baths with Ladies

Entry/Object ID

MWM2013.0016.0001

Description

Item is a glass plate negative of a view of Mount Kearsarge from Diana's Baths with two women in Victorian dress in view. The ladies sit on rocks with a pool of still water by their feet. In the background are trees with leaves. Both ladies wear skirts, blouses and ties. One woman wears a hat. There is a small '25' in the bottom left corner. Item came in box with a folder which reads, "No. 26 Bartlett and Kearsarge Mt. as seen from Diana's Baths. p.m. Sept 1900."

Collection

Robinson Collection

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2013.0016

Source or Donor

Mr. David Robinson

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Spooner, Herman W., 1870-1941

Date made

1900 - 1900

Place

Location

Diana's Baths

City

Conway

County

Carroll

State/Province

New Hampshire

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Notes

Date: September 1900 Medium: Photographic Emulsion

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Negative, Glass Plate

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Negative

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Tourism, Hats, Trees, Pools, People, Ties (Neckwear), Rocks, Women, Tourists, Ponds, Views, Skirts, Mountains

Search Terms

Diana's Baths (Carroll county, New Hampshire : cascade), Bartlett (Carroll county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Kearsarge North (Carroll county, New Hampshire : peak)

Dimensions

Height

5 in

Width

7 in

Condition

Notes

Some slight damage to edge, but all emulsion appears to be intact

General Notes

Note

Notes: The photographer, Spooner, lived from 1870-1941. His day job was as a civil engineer in Gloucester. But he was also a member of the turn-of-the-century Cape Ann Camera Club and a prolific photographer of Cape Ann scenes, vessels and people. Original or Copy: Original Status: OK Status By: Bolduc, Lindsay Status Date: 2013-10-17 Scan ID#: WM201300629 UDF03: NHHN EXPORT