And Then There Was One

Book

Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

MWM2010.0001.2638

Description

This book examines the history and legacy of the Crawford House, The Twin Mountain House, the Mount Pleasant House, the Fabyan House, the Summit House and the Mount Washington Hotel. These hotels and resorts were operated by the Barron family. The book chronicles the surge of the hotel and tourist industry and then the decline in the economcy and subsequent closing of nearly all the hotels and resorts with the exception of the Mount Washington Hotel. Physical Description: Hardcover, title, added title entry and author's name on front cover. A book jacket encases the book, the actual hardcover is a royal blue color with a gold colored crest and words in latin reading "Fortuna Juvat Audaces", the author's name and title on the spine of the book. The book jacket includes a picture of the Mount Washington Hotel and it's sign with the mountain range in the background. The back side of the book jacket includes a description of the book, a photograph of the Crawford House, and a coach from the Crawford House.

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

Tourism, Resort cottages, Cottages, Resort, Touring, Resorts, Tourists, Tourist trade, Hotels, Cottages, Industry, Mountains

Search Terms

Mount Washington Hotel (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Crawford House (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Twin Mountain House (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Mount Pleasant House (Carroll county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Fabyan House (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Summit House (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Bretton Woods (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), New Hampshire

Book Details

Author

McAvoy, Geroge E.

Publisher

The Crawford Press

Place Published

City

Littleton

County

Grafton

State/Province

New Hampshire

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Date Published

1998

Condition

Notes

01/10/2013- CH - No major blemishes, tears, or damage.