Victor Leavitt's Map with Views of the White Mountains

Archive

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Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Victor Leavitt's Map with Views of the White Mountains

Entry/Object ID

MWM2013.0005.0001

Scope and Content

Item is a framed copy of a "Leavitt's Map with Views of the White Mountains New Hampshire" of 1888. Written underneath the map title is, "Published by Victor Leavitt, Lancaster, NH; Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1881 by Victor Leavitt, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington." The map features a not-to-scale view of notable places in the White Mountains area of New Hampshire, labeled with text as well as drawings such as building outlines, mountain indicators, road lines and illustrations. Illustrations include views of mountain notches, wildlife and hunting. Also in view on the map are modes of transportation such as railways and horses and carts. There is a key in the upper left corner of the map which relays distances (in miles) of White Mountains points from Boston MA and Portland ME. Many but not all points and sites listed and featured on the map may be found in the Search Term field. Written on the back of the frame is, "Reserved GEF Property 3. 95."

Collection

Permanent Collection

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2013.0005

Source or Donor

Mr. and Mrs. George and Sara Foss

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Map

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Cartograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Animals, Cascades, Railroads, Roads, Illustrations, Coaches, Bears, Trains, Houses, Notches, Waterfalls, Rabbits, Guns, Wagons, Hills, Hotels, Hunting, Flumes, Wrestling, Horses, Travel, Mountains, Moose

Search Terms

Alpine House (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Androscoggin River (United States : river), Berlin (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Berlin Falls (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Bethlehem (Grafton county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Boston and Maine Railroad, Boston Concord and Montreal Railroad, Connecticut River (New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut : river), Conway (Carroll county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Crystal Cascade (Coos county, New Hampshire : stream), Fabyan House (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Fabyan Station (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Flume, The (Grafton county, New Hampshire : valley), Franconia Notch (Grafton county, New Hampshire : valley), Glen Ellis Falls (Carroll county, New Hampshire : stream), Glen House (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Gorham (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Guildhall (Essex county, Vermont : inhabited place), Jefferson (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Jefferson Hill (Orange county, Vermont : peak), Kilkenny (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Littleton (Grafton county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Lyndonville (Caledonia county, Vermont : inhabited place), Marshfield House (Coos county New Hampshire : inhabited place), North Conway (Carroll county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Old Man of the Mountain (Grafton county, New Hampshire : peak), Ossipee (Carroll county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Passumpsic Railroad, Pemigewasset House (Grafton county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Saco River (United States : river), Saint Johnsbury (Caledonia couny, Vermont : inhabited place), Shelburne (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Silver Cascade (New Hampshire, United States : stream), Tamworth (Carroll county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), The Basin (Grafton county, New Hampshire : basin), Vermont (United States : state), Warren (Grafton county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Wells River (Orange county, Vermont : inhabited place), Woodstock (Grafton county, New Hampshire : inhabited place)

Archive Details

Creator

Leavitt, Victor

Date(s) of Creation

1881 - 1888

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1888 Medium: Paper/Glass/Wood Publication Date: 1881 Publisher: Leavitt, Victor Place Published: Lancaster NH

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

25 x 36

Condition

Notes

Condition Good- LB- 06/04/2013- Item is framed in such a way that it is probably touching the glass, which may negatively affect the condition.

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Region

White Mountains

State/Province

New Hampshire

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: Bolduc, Lindsay Status Date: 2013-06-04 Scan ID#: WM201300154; WM201300155