Woman at Balsams Spring House

Photograph

Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

MWM2018.0004.0018

Description

This glass plate negative is possibly a cyanotype, given the blue tint of the image or it may be damage. The image depicts a woman walking along a road leading towards the Spring House at The Balsams Hotel. The Spring House is set into the hillside on the edge of the entrance drive and not far from Route 26. It is a gabled structure set on a base of stacked, flat stones. The roof of the gable is covered with wooden shingles. In the background are mountains. Undated.

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2018.0004

Source or Donor

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen and Gail Barba

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1900 - 1915

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Negative, Glass Plate

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Negative

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

Trees, Mountains, Huts, Women

Search Terms

Balsams Hotel (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Dixville Notch (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place)

General Notes

Note

Status Date: 2020-06-30 Scan ID#: WM201900012