The New Profile House and Cottages, Franconia Notch

Archive

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Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

The New Profile House and Cottages, Franconia Notch

Entry/Object ID

MWM2015.0001.0113

Scope and Content

A color image of the new Profile House and surrounding cottages displays a grand hotel with fields on either side and cottages sitting to the back and left. To the right looks to be a couple of buildings along the tree line. Mountains can be seen in the background. Published by Detroit Publishing Co. Back Description: A letter is written on the back in pencil with a Benjamin Franklin stamp in the upper right hand corner. Transcription: Miss Rae Sagan Ocean Ave New London, Conn. We are having the best time ever. Visited this hotel and it is a beauty. Yesterday we went to Mt. Washington. The view was grand + the best day in some time. The trip up is quite thrilling, wouldn't have missed it for the world. Love, Jessie

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, Cottages

Search Terms

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

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1908 - 1908

Archive Notes

Date(s): August 1908

General Notes

Note

Scan ID#: WM201800222, WM201800223