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
