Unidentified Hiker Packing Blankets Out of Madison Hut

Photograph

Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

MWM2013.0019.0001

Description

Black and white image features a black and white photograph of a man wearing only dark shorts and hiking boots, standing outside of a stone building with a shingled roof, carrying a large pack on his back, filled with blankets. The man is a young man with a full head of hair. He also appears to be wearing a bracelet on his left arm. There is a sign on the building, which cannot be fully read, but presumably says "Welcome to Madison..." Back Description: In red pen, "Taking out blankets."

Collection

Permanent Collection

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2013.0019

Source or Donor

Coburn, Robert Sagar

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1917 - 1922

Notes

Medium: Photographic Emulsion

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

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

Boots, Men, Signs, Packing & shipping, Clubs, Rocks, Hiking, Clubhouses, Backpacking, Huts, Stone buildings

Search Terms

Appalachian Mountain Club, Madison Spring Hut (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place)

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

6 in

Dimension Notes

inches, includes a .25" border

Condition

Notes

Some damage to the corners and edges, and slight creasing throughout

General Notes

Note

Notes: Considered for the Huts and Trails exhibition Given to the MWM by Arthur Coburn's grandson, Robert Coburn. Originally mistakenly identified as Arthur "Bud" Coburn by the donor. Original or Copy: Original Status: OK Status By: Bolduc, Lindsay Status Date: 2013-09-24 Scan ID#: WM201300634 UDF03: NHHN EXPORT