Atop Mt. Washington for Summit Building

Photograph

Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

MWM2016.0002.0054

Description

A train car travels along the tracks on Mount Washington with a red,white and blue banner on the back. Black smoke rises from the front of the car, suggesting the use of coal. People walk along the left side of the image, along the tracks, some dressed for hiking. One person sports a red shirt and backpack, while another wears red, white and blue checkered pants with a white suit coat and hat. On the back "Atop Mt. Washington for Summit Bldg", "Ground Wrecking" and "6/78" are written in pen. "Sherman Adams" is also written on the back.

Collection

Permanent Collection

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2016.0002

Source or Donor

Mr. Samuel Papps

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Hill Family

Notes

Date: June, 1978

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Transparency, Slide

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Transparency

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

Cog railroads, People, Railroads, Mountains

Search Terms

Photography, Mountains, Washington, Mount (Coos county, New Hampshire : mountain), Tracks

Dimensions

Height

2 in

Width

2 in

Dimension Notes

inches

General Notes

Note

Original or Copy: Original Status Date: 2017-07-15 Scan ID#: WM201700272, WM201700273