Scenery of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Scenery of the White Mountains

Entry/Object ID

MWM2010.0001.2605

Description

This book is about the White Mountains. It includes some of the main points of interest, with images, and a brief history about each area. It is a reproduction of William Oakes 1848 publication, but with an updated history/commentary that has been added by Sherman Adams. Subjects include: White Mountains Giant's Grave Mount Washington House Mount Clay Mount Washington Mount Monroe Mount Franklin Mount Pleasant Presidential Range Mount Crawford Mount Willey Willey Slide Crawford Notch Willey House Lower Cascade Second Flume Notch House The Gate Webster, Mount (Coos county, Carroll county, New Hampshire: peak) Elephant's Head Ammonoosuc River (Coos county, Grafton county, New Hampshire : river) New England Franconia, NH Littleton, NH Granite Cliffs Franconia Notch Lafayette House Profile Mountain Cannon Mountain (Grafton county, New Hampshire : peak) Old Man of the Mountain (Grafton county, New Hampshire : peak) Profile Rock The Basin Lincoln, NH The Flume Flume House Nancy's Bridge (Carroll county, New Hampshire : structure) Saco Crawford House Bethlehem, NH Tuckerman's Ravine Physical Description: Plain White hardcover with inlaid gold lettering. Contains a book covering that is white with a wrap-around image of mountains/ forest and a house and field. Writing in tanish-gold color. Book is over-sized.

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

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Mountain passes, Mountains, Plates, Printing, Drawings, Rural life, Forests, National forests

Book Details

Author

Oakes, William, Images by Isaac Sprague Foreword and Commentary by Sherman Adams

Edition

Possibly 2nd

Publisher

New Hampshire Publishing Company

Place Published

City

Somersworth

County

Strafford

State/Province

New Hampshire

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Date Published

1970

Condition

Notes

10/01/2012- MS- Book cover is a little worn and discolored. Actual book is like new.

General Notes

Note

Notes: Book is oversized.