The Profile House and Franconia Notch from Echo Lake

Archive

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Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

The Profile House and Franconia Notch from Echo Lake

Entry/Object ID

MWM2015.0001.0110

Scope and Content

A color image shows the edge of Profile lake with the Profile House sitting just beyond in the Franconia Notch. Trees surround the property and extend up onto the mountain side in the background. A mountain peak and valley are visible. The Profile House is a large estate made up of a large white hotel and smaller buildings behing it. The Profile house was built in 1852 and burned down in 1923. In 1928, the land was dedicated as the Franconia Notch State Park. Back Description: On the back is a letter written in pencil and a Benjamin Franklin stamp. Transcription: Mrs. C. M. Gilmore Cliff House No. Scituate Beach, Mass Sunday My dear we are here for Sunday. Going around the mountains with June's sister + her husband. A gem of a place. Lots of love, Alice

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2015.0001

Source or Donor

Newton, John W. (Jack) and Anne H.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Trees, Mountains, Hotels, Valleys, Notches

Search Terms

Postal Services, Profile House (Grafton county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Lakes, Summits

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1914 - 1914

Archive Notes

Date(s): August 2, 1914

General Notes

Note

Scan ID#: WM201800216, WM201800217