Mount Washington and the Presidential Range

Photograph

Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

MWM2013.0016.0003

Description

Item is a glass plate negative with a view of Mount Washington and the Presidential Range without snow. There are some clouds in the sky and the trees have leaves on them. There are clearings in the valley land in view as well as ravines on the mountains in view. The image comes with a paper protective sleeve that says, "No. 32; View from Mt. Kearsarge looking northwest phacing [sic] Mt. Washington in center, and Presidential Range and intervening country.; 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

City

North Conway

County

Carroll

State/Province

New Hampshire

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Notes

Date: September 1900

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

Clearing of land, Clouds, Mountains, Observatories, Ranges, Ravines, Trees

Search Terms

Adams, Mount (Coos county, New Hampshire : peak), Eisenhower, Mount (Coos county, New Hampshire : peak), Jefferson, Mount (Coos county, New Hampshire : peak), Kearsarge North (Carroll county, New Hampshire : peak), Madison, Mount (Coos county, New Hampshire : peak), Monroe, Mount (Coos county, New Hampshire : peak), Mount Washington Observatory (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Pierce, Mount (Coos county, New Hampshire : peak), Presidential Range (Coos county, New Hampshire : ridge), Tuckerman Ravine (Coos county, New Hampshire : valley), Washington, Mount (Coos county, New Hampshire : mountain)

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#: WM201300631 UDF03: NHHN EXPORT