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All the resources that appear in this unit are gathered here for you—the photographs, maps, objects, audiovisuals, documents, videos, biographies, and vocabulary words. Click on the image below to see a larger view of each resource with more information about each one. On some of the resources you can even zoom in and get a closer look. So go ahead, dive in, and explore. Before you know it, you’ll be thinking like a historian.

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A magazine page shows a vertical picture of a pine tree in the foreground, with a background of lake and mountains. On the right, text reads "FRANCONIA NOTCH Sawed or Saved?" Additional text includes: "Great Stone Face and Other Beauties of the White Mountain Valley Threatened with Destruction BUY A TREE TO HELP SAVE THE NOTCH ... When you have looked over this article, pass it along to another who may be interested; do not let it remain idle."
Buy a Tree
A vertical poster featuring black typed text, and a black and white photograph. Text above the photograph reads "As the Old Man Will Look Cut Over." The photograph shows a mountain, with a cliff in the shape of a man's face, with the sides of the mountain full of cut-down trees.
Franconia Notch Campaign
A vertical newspaper article from the publication called "the new hampshire." The title of the newspaper article, located on the left-hand side of the page, reads "Olympic will/listen to State/on refinery." A black and white photograph next to the article shows a woman in a polka-dot dress holding a sign that reads "ONASSIS/GO HOME."
Opposing the Oil Refinery Project
A business card with the title "SAVE/OUR/SHORES/A CITIZENS GROUP" in the lower left-hand corner. On the upper border of the card is a blank line with a signature written in blue ink. Beneath the line is the typed word "Member."
Save Our Shores Membership Card
A horizontal certificate for members of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. It features typed, printed text, as well as handwritten and typed cursive text.
Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests Membership Certificate
A black and white piece of paper reads "Certificate of Purchase / This Certifies that ………………………. has purchased …….. trees at one dollar each, in Franconia Notch, to help save the Notch from destructive lumbering. These trees may be identified and cared for by the owners but may not be cut or mutilated in any way. SOCIETY for PROTECTION of NEW HAMPSHIRE FORESTS." It then gives the address in Boston, and space for the date.
Tree Purchase Certificate

Maps & Charts in this Unit:

A map of New Hampshire is seen, with rivers and bodies of water labeled, as well as towns and counties outlined and named. A large section in the north, as well as smaller sections throughout, are colored green. The title reads "MAP Showing the Relative Distribution of the Forest Cover of New Hampshire" and dated 1894.
Forest Cover in 1894
A colorful image titled "National Resources Inventory" says it shows "Land Use in New Hampshire." The state of New Hampshire is outlined, and pictures show different kind of land use filling the state outline. The labels are, from bottom to top, 65% Forest Land, 3% Other Rural Land, 11% Developed Land, 4% Water Areas, 13% Federal Land, 2% Cropland, 2% Pastureland.
Land Use in New Hampshire
A vertical, close-up map of New Hampshire and Massachusetts. The map of the two states is colored in pink, and the area where the Atlantic Ocean is (on the right-hand side) is colored in blue. The map shows several rivers colored in blue. The names of the rivers are also written in blue, italicized text. All of the rivers, and the surrounding land, are highlighted in a pale-colored yellow.
Merrimack River Watershed
A vertical map of New Hampshire. New Hampshire is colored in light and dark green, and there are orange and yellow lines drawn on top of the map. The title of the map, located in the upper left-hand corner, reads: "NORTHERN PASS/PROPOSED ROUTE."
Northern Pass Proposed Route

Objects in this Unit:

A circular button outlined in black. Diagonally across the button is a black lightning icon. Text typed onto the button read, from top to bottom: "STOP/the TOWERS!" in red text, "STOP NORTHERN PASS" in black text, and "LIVE FREE OR FRY .org" in white text.
Stop Northern Pass Button
The backside of a Quarter. It shows a lake surrounded by trees and a mountain range in the distance. Text surrounding the image reads "WHITE MOUNTAIN/NEW HAMPSHIRE/2013/E PLURIBUS UNUM."
White Mountain National Forest Quarter

Photographs & Prints in this Unit:

A colored drawing of a large body of water surrounded by green grass, trees, and a large mountain in the background. The words "Asquam Lake" and "Sawyer" are written in cursive writing in pencil. The title "Asquam Lake" are placed in the bottom left-hand corner, and "Sawyer" is placed in the bottom right-hand corner of the postcard.
Asquam Lake
A colored photograph of a snow storm. A single-storied yellow house can be seen through the snow. Two snow-covered cars are parked in the driveway.
Blizzard
A black and white photograph of a little boy standing outside in the snow. He looks directly at the viewer. He wears a hat, coat, gloves, pants, and tall boots.
Child Participating in Franconia Notch Campaign
A vertical colored poster, with drawings and text in blue and gold lettering. The title of the poster, located along the upper border in gold text, reads: "SEABROOK/OCCUPATiON &/RESTORATION/June 24, 1978." Beneath the title is a drawing in blue and white of a group of people.
Clamshell Alliance Poster
A black and white photograph of three people riding on a boat in a body of water surrounded by mountains. The boat has a large, cage-like contraption at the back of it.
Cleaning Up Kezar Lake
A black and white photograph of three people in gas masks and one-piece jumpsuits standing around a large pile of barrels.
Cleaning Up Pollution
A colored photograph of a woman and three children cleaning up garbage on a grassy area next to a body of water.
Cleaning Up the Rivers
A black and white photograph shows a view of a mountain in the background with a small building surrounded by the some cleared land in the foreground. To the right, a partially cleared mountainside is visible.
Clearcutting near Albany
A colored photograph of people gathered in groups on a sandy piece of land, surrounded by pine trees. The sandy land faces a large body of water.
Clough State Park
A black and white photograph shows a wooded area with large trees. Various types of lumber (logs, split logs, and boards) line the scene. There are two small buildings, horses pulling carts of lumber, and lean-tos for working. Men dot the area, some with the carts, and a group on the left gathered together with work implements in their hands. All look at the camera. A caption in the upper left corner reads "Concord Lumber Company woods crew on Curtis lot, East Concord, 1906."
Concord Lumber Company
A colored drawing of a field covered in garbage and large empty barrels.
Dump on the Banks of the Nashua River
A colored postcard of a wide street lined with multi-storied buildings. The scene is depicted at night, with a full moon in a cloudy sky. All of the buildings have light shining through the windows. A trolley drives down the road with its headlights on. Several people walk along the sidewalks. Decorative iron arches with lightbulbs cross over the street at distanced intervals. The title of the postcard, located in the bottom right-hand corner, reads: "ELM STREET BY NIGHT, MANCHESTER, N. H."
Elm Street By Night
A colored photograph of rows of solar panels in a grassy field surrounded by trees.
Exeter High School Solar Panels
A black and white drawing of multi-storied buildings with tall smoke stacks. Smoke rises out of the smoke stacks. Two trains can be seen on train tracks along the bottom border of the drawing.
Factories During the Industrial Revolution
A painting of a group of men fishing in a body of water. On the right side of the painting, two men stand in front of a small waterfall with a net and spear, looking at a fish that has been caught in the net. On the left side of the painting, men fish individually and in pairs from the shore.
Fishing at Amoskeag Falls
A black and white photograph of a wide landscape is seen. The landscape is hilly but not steep; there are trees and brush throughout the hills. There are also several dirt paths across the hill. In a line across the photograph, a wildfire is raging. The smoke reaches far into the sky and is dark and voluminous. Flames are seen across the hill in a thick line.
Forest Fire
A black and white photograph of two men standing in a forest with their backs to the viewer. One of the men points off into the distance.
Foresters at Work
A colored photograph of a waterway passing between rock-laiden land. In the background are trees with green leaves and a mountain range.
Franconia Mountains and the Pemigewasset
A colored painting of a valley between tall mountains. In the foreground is a person looking out onto the valley, surrounded by several cut trees. In the valley is a small body of water. In the distance, there is a large white building with a red roof, and a train with steam coming out of its smoke stack.
Franconia Notch, White Mountains, Echo Lake and Profile House
A black and white photograph of a person standing on a path in the middle of a forested area.
Glencliff Trail
A colored photograph of a woman with her back to the viewer, sitting on the edge of a cliff. She overlooks a valley with a lake and mountain range filled with multi-colored trees.
Hiking at Artist's Bluff
A colored photograph of several wire towers scattered across a large field.
Industrial Electricity Line Tower
A colored poster showing a white church, a red barn, and a gray sillo set again green hills and mountains. Above the images are the words "LCHIP Land & Community Heritage/Investment Program" in green text. Below the images are the words "INVESTING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE'S HERITAGE" in white text on a green background.
LCHIP Logo
A black and white photograph of the side of a mountain. There is lots of tree branches and bare tree trunks on the ground.
Mount Lincoln After a Fire
A colored photograph of a man in hiking gear with his back to the viewer. He stands on a rocky surface and looks out on a mountain range.
Mount Washington Summit
A colored photograph of two men in a room with a sky-light. One of the men stands on a yellow ladder and holds up a horiztonal piece of wood to the ceiling. The other man watches him from the ground.
New Hampshire Historical Society Renovations
A colored photograph of a bird covered in grime in a dirty body of water.
Oil Spill
Old Man of the Mountain Viewing Plaza
A black and white drawing of a large pile of logs. Two pick-up trucks sit in front of the log pile.
Pile of Trees from Logging
A colored photograph of the Earth, with the continents displayed in green and yellow, and the ocean in blue. Scattered across the Earth are white clouds in various versions of weather.
Planet Earth
A black and white drawing of a forested area. There are two deer on the right side of the drawing; one is lying down and one is standing. Beyond the wooded area is a small body of water.
Plymouth Wilderness
A black and white photograph of a multi-storied building on fire.
Profile House Fire
A colored painting of a wide river and a mountain range in the background. Along the river bank are raised flat grasslands covered with trees. A group of cows crosses the river in the center of the painting.
Saco River, North Conway
A colored watercolor painting of several large buildings and small houses in the middle of a large, open green field. Behind the large buildings is a river and to its left is a railroad track. The houses are in two rows in front of the large buildings and face each other. A road with several people in carriages is in front of the houses. Beneath this image is the title of the painting, which reads "SAWYER WOOLEN MILLS/DOVER, N.H."
Sawyer Woolen Mills
A black and white photograph of a crowd of people protesting on both sides of a paved road. Several people carry signs and look like they are saying something. A church with a tall steeple can be seen in the background.
Seabrook Protest
A colored photograph of several multi-storied buildings and domed buildings next to a large body of water.
Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant
A black and white photograph of a column of organized piles of cut wood, placed to the left of a railroad track.
Stacked Lumber Waiting for Transport
A colored horizontal postcard of a trolley filled with people, traveling up a steep mountain side on a set of railroad tracks. In the background, there is a deep valley filled with green trees and a large mountain in the distance. Above the mountain is a blue sky filled with white clouds.
Uncanoonuc Incline Railway Climbing the Mountain
A colored photograph of foamy bubbles floating on a body of water.
Water Pollution
The back and front pages of a brochure. The title of the brochure, located along the upper border on the right-half of the page, reads: "WHITE MOUNTAIN/NATIONAL FOREST/NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE." The rest of the brochure has black and white photographs of wildlife and people hiking, as well as several stamps.
White Mountain National Forest Brochure
A colored photograph of a white and brown road sign located on the side of a road. The sign reads "C.L. graham/Wangan Grounds/SCENIC OVERLOOK/MHITE MOUNTAIN/National Forest."
White Mountain National Forest Sign