Three Tourists' View of White Horse Ledge, North Conway, and Moat Mountain

Photograph

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Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Three Tourists' View of White Horse Ledge, North Conway, and Moat Mountain

Entry/Object ID

MWM2013.0016.0002

Description

Item is a glass plate negative with a view of North Conway, White Horse Ledge, and Moat Mountain from a high rocky place above the town. Three people are in the foreground- a woman and man standing and another woman sitting. All are dressed in Victorian tourist clothing. They all hold walking sticks and look towards the view. There is a small '4' in the bottom left corner. Image came with a paper protective sleeve that said, "No. 4; View from Summit of Mt. Kearsarge looking Southwest ------ Sept. 28 1900. Showing the Mote Range and Ossipee Mts."

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

City

North Conway

County

Carroll

State/Province

New Hampshire

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Notes

Date: September 28, 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

Walking sticks, Men, Trees, People, Rocks, Women, Tourists, Farm crops, Views, Men & women, Cliffs, Townscapes, Mountains

Search Terms

Kearsarge North (Carroll county, New Hampshire : peak), Moat Mountain (Carroll county, New Hampshire : peak), North Conway (Carroll county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Ossipee Mountains (Carroll county, New Hampshire : mountain range), White Horse Ledge (Carroll county, New Hampshire : rock)

Dimensions

Height

5 in

Width

7 in

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: Arico, Brianna Status Date: 2015-10-21 Scan ID#: WM201300630 UDF03: NHHN EXPORT