Story of Mount Washington

Book

Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

MWM2010.0001.2577

Description

This book is a comprehensive work of research about the history of Mount Washington from its first ascent over 300 years ago to the nostalgic tales of the carriage road, then the cog railway and further onto climatic and scientific laboratories. Related Search Terms: Mount Washington Railroad Depot Physical Description: Dark green colored, Hardcover. Plastic covering over a bookjacket with a picture of silohoutted mountains and a cog locomotive ascending the mountain. Frontcover has author's name and title. Spine of book has author's last name, title and publisher's name. Backcover has a synopsis of the books premise.

Collection

Dan Noel Collection

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2010.0001

Source or Donor

Dan Noel

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Dan Noel

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Mountain passes, Scientific equipment, Railroad companies, Railroad locomotive industry, Mountain roads, Coaches, Mountain railroads, Laboratories, Coach drivers, Railroad travel, Roads, Mountain, Climate, Railroad stations

Search Terms

Mount Washington Carriage Road (Coos county, New Hampshire : road), Mount Washington Base Station (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Mount Washington Auto Road, Washington, Mount (Coos county, New Hampshire : Mountain), Mount Washington Hotel (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Mount Washington House (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Mount Washington Observatory (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mount Washington Signal Station (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Washington, Mount (Coos county, New Hampshire : mountain), Mount Washington Auto Road (Coos county, New Hampshire : road), Railroad Automobiles, Carriages

Book Details

Author

Burt, F. Allen (Frank Allen)

Publisher

Dartmouth Publications

Place Published

City

Hanover

County

Grafton

State/Province

New Hampshire

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Date Published

1960

Condition

Notes

08/22/2012-CH- Edges of bookjacket are lightly fraying .