Mt. Kearsage and Bartlett from Cemetery

Photograph

Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

MWM2013.0016.0004

Description

Item is a glass plate negative with a view of Kearsarge North Mountain and Bartlett Mountain in the background. The house at the summit of Kearsarge North is visible. Also in view, in the foreground, are clearings of land, a stone wall, a wooden fence, farmhouses and outbuildings. There is one large tree in the foreground as well. The foreground of the view is probably North Conway. There is also the number '8' in the bottom left corner. Item comes with a paper protective sleeve that says "No. 8; Mt. Kearsarge + Bartlett from Cemetery; Oct. 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: October 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

Fences, Trees, Buildings, Stone walls, Outbuildings, Houses, Barns, Clearing of land, Mountains

Search Terms

Kearsarge North (Carroll county, New Hampshire : peak), Bartlett Mountain (Carroll county, New Hampshire : peak), North Conway (Carroll county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Cemetery, Summits

Dimensions

Height

5 in

Width

7 in

Condition

Notes

some spots (come out blue on scan) throughout emulsion

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#: WM201300632 UDF03: NHHN EXPORT