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Audiovisuals in this Unit:

Mason Presents: Lake Winnipesaukee
A colored lithograph of people caught in the middle of a storm on rugged terrain. The wind of the storm is pushing everything in its path to the right. There are two buildings in the background and an American flag on a flag pole in the right-hand corner.
Mason Presents: Mount Washington
Mason Presents: The Isles of Shoals
Mason Presents: The Old Man of the Mountain

Biographies in this Unit:

A black and white photograph of a white man in a high-collared shirt, necktie, vest, and jacket. The photograph is centered in a gold frame with inwardly curved edges.
Abel Crawford
A black and white photograph of a white man seated facing to the right. He holds a paint pallet and paint brush in his hands. He sits before a small table with a small landscape painting propped up.
Benjamin Champney
A black and white photograph of a white woman in a long, dark-colored dress. She looks at a document while sitting sideways, towards the left, at a desk.
Celia Laighton Thaxter
A solid black image of a moose, with white capital letters inside reading "SORRY, NO PICTURE AVAILABLE."
Ernest Balch
A solid black image of a moose, with white capital letters inside reading "SORRY, NO PICTURE AVAILABLE."
Ethan Allen Crawford
A black and white photograph of a man in a high-collared shirt, necktie, vest, jacket, pants and boots with his legs crossed. His left arm rests on a table with curved and ornately decorated legs. His right arm rests on his lap, and he is holding a bunch of folded papers.
Sylvester Marsh

Documents in this Unit:

A long vertical document with black text on aged white paper. An engraving in black and white of a forest landscape crowns the top of the page. Beneath it, the title reads “THE MOUNT PLEASANT/BRETTON WOODS, N. H./C. J. DUNPHY, MANAGER/DINNER”. The remainder of the document has food related words in black text placed in orderly horizontal lines, which are periodically interrupted by small dividing lines to indicate each new section.
Mount Pleasant House Dinner Menu
A colored vertical document of a closed-in archway, which is decorated with corinthian columns on either side. The document is bookended with the word "BREAKFAST," located centered along the upper border, and the words "DOORWAY SHERBURNE HOUSE/PORTSMOUTH./NEW PROFILE HOUSE/WHITE MOUNTAINS, N.H." located along the bottom border. The remainder of the document has food related words in black text placed in orderly horizontal lines, which are periodically interrupted by small dividing lines to indicate each new section.
New Profile House Breakfast Menu
An old document of a list of items typed in black ink inside an decorated frame. There is a vine of fruit draped along the upper edge of the frame. The title of the document, centered along the top border, reads: "NEW/PROFILE HOUSE/WHITE MOUNTAINS NEW HAMPSHIRE." There is a black and white photograph placed just below the title. In the photograph, people gather in groups on a grassy field.
New Profile House Luncheon Menu
A document on white paper with black text. The title of the document reads "Boston, Concord & Montreal and White Mountains N.H. Railroads Passenger Tariff/TO TAKE EFFECT APRIL 1, 1860." Beneath the title is a large graph.
Railroad Passenger Ticket Prices 1860
A large piece of brown paper of a railroad schedule, with the title "NOVEMBER 28, 1870 / Portsmouth Railroad". The first half of the document is the train schedule, with columns for trains going "DOWN" on the left and those going "UP" on the right. The names of the railroad stations are listed in the middle of these two columns. The second half of the document are instructions and rules of the railroad for passengers and crew members to follow. The document is signed "J.R. KENDRICK, Supt." in the bottom right corner.
Railroad Timetable 1870
A document on white paper with black text. The title of the document, written in white letters on a black background, reads "B.C.&M/AND WHITE/MOUNTAINS R.R./1882. TIME-TABLE/Commencing June 26, 1882./ GOING NORTH". Beneath the title is a graph with various locations and times.
Railroad Timetable 1882
A tan colored rectangular ticket with intricate background designs on the background. There are perforated edges along the left side edge of the ticket. Words written in white on a blue background at the top center of the ticket read “RAYMOND’S VACATION EXCURSIONS/ALL TRAVELING EXPENSES/INCLUDED”. Beneath, in blue words, reads “Good for One Seat in the PROFILE HOUSE CARRIAGES,/FROM THE/PROFILE HOUSE to the FLUME and RETURN./If Presented Saturdays, Sept. 6 or 13, 1884.” The signature at the bottom center of the ticket reads “W.Raymond” and the ticket’s bottom border contains the words, from left to right: “Form R.V.E”, “70”, “Gen. Agt. Passumpsic R.R.” in blue lettering.The left side edge’s wording reads “James B. Adams, Printer, Boston” in light brown lettering, and below, in blue lettering written in sideways type read “BOSTON to the”. Along the right side edge, words read “(19)” and in sideways type “WHITE MOUNTAINS and RETURN.” in blue lettering.
Train Ticket for Trip from Profile House to the Flume
A vertical black and white document that has faded. The document's title, located along the upper border, reads: "Yacum Spring Hotel./GEORGE BROTHERS, - - - -. PROPRIETORS./Goffstown Center, N.H./SUMMER BOARD." Beneath the title are four paragraphs of text.
Yakum Spring Hotel Advertisement

Explainer Videos and Virtual Field Trips in this Unit:

Mason Asks: What Is Mount Washington?
Mason Asks: What Was the Old Man of the Mountain?
Mason Explains: The Cog Railway
Mason Explains: The Invention of "Free Time"
Mason Explains: The Regions of New Hampshire
Mason Explains: The Willey Slide
Mason Explains: Traveling to New Hampshire in the 1800s
Virtual Field Trip: Mount Washington, Up, Up, and Away!

Maps & Charts in this Unit:

A horizontal black and white map of a mountain range. Several thin lines are drawn through the mountain range, which note the roads and rivers which pass through the mountains. Two multi-storied houses are drawn in the corners of the map, one in the upper right-hand corner and one in the lower left-hand corner. The title of the map, located in the upper left-hand corner, reads: "MAP/OF THE/WHITE MOUNTAINS, N.H./Drawn by/Franklin Leavitt, guide/1852."
Leavitt's Map of the White Mountains 1852
A square map with torn edges. The center of the map features lines marking railroad tracks, as well as the rough borders of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, and Canada. A line of multi-storied houses border the lower edge of the map, beneath which is an illustrated mountain range. Several illustrated scenes set in mountain regions appear along the upper border. The map's title, located in the lower right-hand corner, reads "LEAVITT'S MAP/WITH VIEWS/OF THE/ WHITE MOUNTAINS/NEW HAMPSHIRE. 1854."
Leavitt's Map of the White Mountains 1854
A large horizontal black and white map of a mountain range and several multi-storied houses. Curved lines marking the area's rivers, roads, and railroad tracks connect many of the houses together. The title of the map, located in the lower left-hand corner, reads: "LEAVITT'S MAP/WITH VIEWS/OF THE/WHITE MOUNTAINS/NEW HAMPSHIRE/1859."
Leavitt's Map of the White Mountains 1859
A horizontal map of a mountain range. Surrounding the mountains are several illustrated scenes of people fighting off larger-than-life animals. There are also drawn curving lines between illustrated houses and the mountain region, which mark the area's main roads and railroad tracks.The title of the map, centered along the map's upper border, reads "LEAVITT'S MAP/WITH VIEWS/OF THE/ WHITE MOUNTAINS/NEW HAMPSHIRE. 1871."
Leavitt's Map of the White Mountains 1871
A horizontal map of a mountain range. Surrounding the mountains are several illustrated scenes of people fighting off larger-than-life animals. There are also drawn curving lines between illustrated houses and the mountain region, which mark the area's main railroad tracks. The title of the map, located in the bottom right-hand corner, reads "LEAVITT'S/MAP OF THE/ WHITE MOUNTAINS/NEW HAMPSHIRE/ PUBLISHED BY/FRANKLIN LEAVITT, LANCASTER, N. H."
Leavitt's Map of the White Mountains 1878
A horizontal map of a mountain range. Surrounding the mountains are several illustrated scenes of people fighting off larger-than-life animals. There are also drawn curving lines between illustrated houses and the mountain region, which mark the area's main roads and railroad tracks. The title of the map, slightly off-center on the map's upper border, reads "LEAVITT'S MAP/WITH VIEWS/OF THE/ WHITE MOUNTAINS/NEW HAMPSHIRE/1882."
Leavitt's Map of the White Mountains 1882
A horizontal map of a mountain range with torn edges. Surrounding the mountains are several illustrated scenes of people fighting off larger-than-life animals. There are also drawn curving lines between illustrated houses and the mountain region, which mark the area's main railroad tracks. The title of the map, located in the bottom right-hand corner, reads "LEAVITT'S MAP/WITH VIEWS/OF THE/ WHITE MOUNTAINS/NEW HAMPSHIRE/1888."
Leavitt's Map of the White Mountains 1888
Light pink flier with a dark pink border. Small map of New Hampshire in upper left corner with each county a different color. List of ice cream shops in New Hampshire along the left side, color-coded by county. Image of waffle ice cream cone with candies in the background. On top of that is superimposed a map of New Hampshire with major highways and each ice cream shop marked. Logo of Granite State Dairy promotion is in top right corner, next to the text "Broought to you by New Hampshire dairy farmers" in blue letters.
New Hampshire's Ice Cream Trail
A colored map of New Hampshire, featuing different activities that can be done in different parts of the state. The title of the map, in the upper left-hand corner, reads: "A Pictorial Map of Scenic NEW HAMPSHIRE."
Picture Map of Scenic New Hampshire
A yellowed piece of paper of the states of New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Maine, and the Provinces of Quebec. The state of New Hampshire is highlighted in yellow, and has several red lines runniong throughout the state. The Atlantic Ocean is colored in blue to the right of New Hampshire. The title of the map, placed in bolded black text in the top left corner reads "RAILROAD MAP/OF/NEW HAMPSHIRE/ACCOMPANYING REPORT OF THE/RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS/1890"
Railroad Map of New Hampshire 1857
A yellowed piece of paper of the state of New Hampshire. Surrounding New Hampshire are the four border states, "Vermont, Maine, and Massachusetts", as well as "CANADA EAST", along the top border, which are typed in block text from left to right. Inside the state of New Hampshire are two colored sections, lots of text detailing the town names, and small symbols for the lakes, rivers, and mountains. To the left of the state is a large rectangle of text, titled "STATISTICS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE". In the top left corner is an illustration of the city of Manchester, and in the top right corner is an illustration of the "Concord State House".
Railroad Map of New Hampshire 1890
A black and white drawing of a mountain region on white paper. There are several bolded red lines moving through mountain symbols and along lakes and rivers. The title of the map, place in the bottom left-hand corner in black text, reads "White Mountain/Region/OF THE/Concord and Montreal/Railroad."
White Mountain Railroad Map

Objects in this Unit:

A woven basket with a baby doll laying down on a plush, white blanket. The woven pattern on the basket alternates thin strips of red and natural colored pieces of wood. The baby doll in the basket wears a white dress with red polka dots and a large red sash tied around the middle.
Abenaki Handicraft Basket
Benjamin Champney's Paint Box
A puzzle of a wide street bordered by a row of houses to the left and a row of multi-storied buildings with a large parking lot in front to the right. There are a few cars on the road and parked in the parking lot. In the background is a large grassy area framed by rows of trees and a large mountain. In the left-hand corner the words "MAIN STREET, LOOKING EAST, BETHLEHEM, WHITE MOUNTAINS, N. H. 10" are typed in black ink. The puzzle's image is framed in white.
Bethlehem Jigsaw Puzzle
A long piece of brown leather with a tear on the top and fringe on the bottom. Written in the center are the words "Book/like/friends/should/be few/and well/chosen", handwritten in black ink. Drawn beneath is a candle and thin lines of smoke that go up the sides of the piece of leather and frame those words. Beneath the candle are the words "Lake Sunapee/N.H." handwritten in black ink.
Bookmark from Lake Sunapee
A model of a train engine, placed at an upwards angle on a set of wooden tracks. The train engine has a black core and copper-colored wheels, gears, and smoke stack.
Cog Railway Model
Edward Hill's Sketchbook
A collection of playing cards, placed in two rows of three piles, with different scenes portrayed in photographs. The card box, placed in the middle of the first row of piles, is red with golden words engraved on top. These words read "FROM/SEA TO SUMMIT/SOUVENIR/PLAYING CARDS/WHITE MOUNTAINS, N. H./AND PORTLAND, MAINE/PUBLISHED BY/CHISHOLM BROS/PORTLAND, MAINE."
New Hampshire and Maine Themed Stack of Cards
A long silver tray with a narrow middle. Along the edges of the tray have raised curvy designs. Directly on the tray, on the right-hand side, is a raised engraving of a mountain edge that has the features of a face, including a forehead, a nose, and a chin. Underneath the engraving are the words "OLD MAN OF/THE MOUNTAIN."
Old Man of the Mountain Souvenir Dish
A wooden engraving of a train engine and one passenger car going up a very steep set of tracks on a mountain. The engraving is placed on a magenta colored piece of fabric, and has a faded pink ribbon in a loop at the top.
Pincushion Souvenir of Mount Washington Cog Railway
A red pitcher with a white interior. On the fron of the pitcher is a painting of a blue and white sky and a brown, rocky mountain. The mountain's edge is shaped like the features of a face, including a forehead, a nose, and a chin. The painting is framed with gold paint. Along the bottom of the painting are the words "OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN."
Pitcher with Old Man of the Mountain
A wooden cylinder with a lid. There is an etching of people standing along the shore of a beach on the front of the cylinder.
Postage Stamp Box Souvenir
Molded, white glazed porcelain pitcher has a tapered neck, wide mouth and spout, and loop handle. On the body of the pitcher is a printed image of a painting of a profile of a man's face on a mountain top. The picture is in an oval floral medallion panel. The pitcher has a maroon background with decorative red, white, and gold mirrored scrolls.
Profile House Pitcher
A brass colored key and a tag in the shape of a six-pointed star. The tag has three lines of indented text which reads: "PROFILE HOUSE/23/WHITE MT'S. N.H." On the back of the tag, there are two circles of curved, indented text. The text reads: "IF CARRIED AWAY RETURN/BY/MAIL/POSTAGE/2/CENTS/UNSEALED."
Profile House Room Key
A tall drinking glass shaped like a cylinder. The glass and its handle are white. The center of the glass has a blue background and a white raised engraving of a two-storied house and fence placed along a road. Curved beneath the house are the words "Thomas Bailey Aldrich House" painted on in black paint. Engraved along the rim of the glass are the words "Portsmouth, N.H." colored in black paint. Below these is a raised, braided ribbon.
Stein from Portsmouth
A small, pink cup with a wide top and narrow bottom. It has a gold rim and white interior, and the handle of the cup is circular and white. In the center of the cup is a sketch, drawn in black ink on a white background, of the New Hampshire State House . Words underneath the State House read: "STATE CAPITAL CONCORD, N.H.". Above the sketch are raised white flowers in an arch, and alternating white and yellow flowers circle the rest of the image.
Tea Cup from New Hampshire State House
A wooden stick with carvings lying horzontally. Wrapped around the stick are small curving branches.
Walking Stick

Photographs & Prints in this Unit:

A black and white photograph of a large group of men, women, and children sitting and standing in front of a large circular tent. There are three dogs scattered among the group as well. The group poses facing the camera in a heavily forested area. The tent is held up by poles and by numerous ropes tied to the surrounding trees.
A Group Camping in New Hampshire
A black and white photograph of a woman standing to the right of a number of baskets placed on a four tiered display-stand. All of the baskets are different shapes and sizes. The woman is wearing an ankle-length dress with a high collar and short-sleeves. Her hair is done in two braids and she wears a headband around her forehead. There is a small white sign with black text placed in front of the basket display. Handwritten in white ink along the bottom border are the words "'Sipsis' (Bird) Flume Abenaki Indian Basket Maker ©1934 CIB."
Abenaki Basket Maker
A colored drawing of a group of men, women, and children, who are standing and sitting in front of a small cabin. The cabin is filled with colorful bowls and other tools. A sign to the right of the cabin reads "ABENAKIE/INDIANS."
Abenaki Trading Post
A colored painting of a small body of water, surrounded by brown and red mountains.
An Indian Summer Morning in the White Mountains
A colored, horizontal postcard of a group of multi-storied buildings. Many of the buildings have long front porches attached to the fronts of the buildings. In the left-hand corner of the postcard are several houses. Green bushes are scattered along the foreground of the postcard. In the upper right-hand corner, the words "Appledore House, Isles of Shoals" are typed in black ink.
Appledore House, Isles of Shoals
A color postcard shows a picture of water, a dock, and more than six large buildings on land in a row. The buildings are houses or hotels, and have porches. There is a sailboat docked, and people walking up the dock to the lawn and buildings. Words in the upper left read "Landing, Appledore Island, Isles of Shoals, N.H."
Appledore Island Boat Landing
A black and white drawing of a man seated on stool in front of an easel and a mountain range. The easel is under an umbrella. A woman in a long dress stands to the man's left on a small hill, and looks over his shoulder at his work of art.
Artist in the Country
A colored painting of three people sitting in a line painting the landscape of a mountain region. Two of the people paint underneath their own white umbrellas.
Artists Sketching in the White Mountains
A colored drawing of a group of men and women on horseback. Two men with walking sticks walk among the horses. The group is on a curvy path that leads up a mountain. The women wear long skirts, jackets, and hats, and the men on horseback wear black pants, boots, jackets, and hats. One of the men walking wears a brown long-sleeve shirt and pants and the other man walking wears a gray long-sleeve shirt and pants.
Ascending Kearsarge on Horseback
A colored postcard of the ocean and a curved sandy shore. Houses are seen in the background of the road's curve. The sand at the center and bottom forefront of the postcard is covered in seaweed. A large border and fence curves along with the road on the right-hand side of the postcard. A car and two people walking further ahead share the road.
Beach at Little Boar's Head
A black and white photograph of the interior of an art gallery. The walls are covered in paintings of many shapes and sizes. A man and a woman sit at a distance from each other along the right side of the photograph, each looking at a painting placed in front of them.
Benjamin Champney's Studio
A colored postcard of three people standing on a rocky beach. There are several houses of different colors lining the back edge of the postcard. The words "Boar's Head & Cottages, Hampton Beach, N. H." are written in red text in the upper right hand corner.
Boar's Head, Hampton Beach
A colored hortizontal poster of an amusement park. The poster shows several buildings, large grassy athletic fields, and a carousel. There are train tracks and several trolleys placed along a dirt road in the foreground of the poster. The park is located to the right of a body of water, which has several boats floating in the water and next to a dock. There are words in red and black text placed around the poster. The poster's title, located along the upper border, reads " BURGETT PARK." In the lower left-hand corner, another grouping of words read "On line of/Union Street Railroad/between DOVER and GREAT FALLS, N.H."
Burgett Park
A black and white drawing of a group of boys standing to the right of a large wooden cross. A tall man stands of their left, and another group of boys sit on the left side of the drawing.
Camp Chocorua
A black and white photograph of two log cabins with a forested back-drop. In front of each of the cabins is a single tree, and then a clearing with various logs scattered in piles around the yard. The cabins both have a covered front porch and a set of stairs leading up to the front door. The cabin to the left has a woman in a long dress off to its left, a man sitting on the stairs of the porch, and a man with a hat standing to the right of the stairs. The cabin in the right-hand side has a young woman in a light colored dress sitting on the porch, next to an empty chair. Above her is a sign, reading “CAMP COZY”.
Camp Cozy
A black and white photograph of two women and one man standing in front of a camp site. The women are wearing long dresses and the man is wearing pants, a collared shirt, and a jacket, and holds his hat in his left hand. The camp site has two white tents. The larger tent, in the left-hand side of the photograph, has a dining room table with a tablecloth and has two chairs placed on either side of it. Towards the back of this tent, two beds can also be seen. The smaller tent, in the photograph’s center, is partially closed, and only a bench can be seen inside. Behind the two tents are tall trees, and in the right-hand corner, a body of water and a mountain are seen in the distance.
Camping at Lake Sunapee
A color postcard of a three-story red building. The first two floors of the building have covered porches with a diamond design on the front railing. A sign positioned on the top floor reads “CANOBIE LAKE HOTEL”. The building sits above a small grassy area with a bench in the left-hand corner. To the right of the bench are a rock wall and a body of water. A man walks past the front of the building on ground-level, while a woman looks down from the second floor. The building is surrounded by large groupings of trees with blue and purple flowers. Words in the upper left corner read “Canobie Lake Hotel, Canobie Lake, N.H.”.
Canobie Lake Hotel
A colored painting of a women in a white dress standing in her garden. The garden is full of red, pink, and white flowers, and in the background, a sailboat sails on a blue body of water.
Celia Thaxter in Her Garden
A black and white photograph of a man standing with a painting at his feet in a wooded area. There is a dog seated behind the him. The man faces three people who look at his painting.
Champney Showcases a Painting to Other Artists
A black and white photograph of a large, multi-storied building that is under construction. There are tarps and scaffolding covering different parts of the building. The building sits on top of a snow covered hill.
Construction of the Mount Washington Hotel
A colored painting of a large, three-storied house in an open field in the middle of a mountain range. At the center of the painting is a woman on horseback and a man leading the horse towards the left-hand side of the painting. On the left side of the painting, there is a group of men and women all on horseback, entering a forest. The house is in the right side of the painting, and has several groups of people and horses standing in front of the house or gathered on the front porch.
Crawford House, Crawford Notch
A colored painting of a forested landscape in a mountain region. There is a river in the painting's right-hand corner, and a small white house in the center of the painting. Dark gray clouds gather in the blue sky.
Crawford Notch, Before the Willey Slide
A black and white photograph of a waterfall. The waterfall begins in the upper right corner of the photograph, falls through rocky terrain at the photograph's center, and finishes in the bottom left corner in a pool of water. A woman in a long dress stands watching the waterfall in the bottom right corner. Beneath the photograph, the caption reads in cursive writing "Crystal Cascade, White Mts, N.H."
Crystal Cascade
A series of nine small boxes, three boxes wide by three boxes deep, in which animated stick-figures tell a story in a comic strip. The title of the comic strip is "DANIEL WEBSTER'S FAMOUS 'OLD MAN' QUOTE."
Daniel Webster and the Old Man of the Mountain
A black and white photograph of a man with a long white beard, sitting on a stool, looking off to the right. He wears a dark colored cap, and a vest, jacket, and pants made from heavy-looking cloth..
English Jack
A black and white photograph of a family of six having a picnic on the side of a road in a forested area. The family, from left to right, has two women in long dresses; a boy in a collared shirt, a jacket, and a cap; two men with beards and mustaches in pants and long-sleeved shirts; and a women in a long skirt, a blouse, and a bonnet. They all sit in a semi-circle on a floral carpet.
Family Picnic on Isle of Shoals
A black and white photograph of a Ferris Wheel in a wooden area. There are groups of people gathered around the base of the Ferris Wheel, with several groups of people walking towards and away from the Ferris Wheel. There is a sign above the entrance to the Ferris Wheel, which reads "Honeymoon Express."
Ferris Wheel at Pine Island Park
A black and white drawing of a multi-storied house, with large front porches off of the first and second floors. A stagecoach pulled by four horses travels on a tree-lined road to the left of the house, and two other horse-drawn carriages wait directly in front of the building. Words in black text are placed around the drawing. The words "WHITE MOUNTAINS" are placed sideways along the left side of the drawing, and the words "NEW HAMPSHIRE," are placed sideways along the right side. In bolded black text, the words "FLUME HOUSE, FRANCONIA MOUNTAINS." followed by a small paragraph of text in smaller font, are placed along the bottom border of the drawing.
Flume House Advertisement Card
A black and white postcard of a two-story, gabled house surrounded by a forested backdrop and individual trees scattered around its front and side. The house is decorated with wood paneling and has a wrap-around porch with a railing. Sitting on the porch, from left to right, are two women, a man, and a man with a small child. Everyone on the porch pose looking toward the camera.
Follansbee House, Newfound Lake
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 vertical document with black text on white paper on the top half of the document, and a black and white photograph of a large two-storied house. The front of the house has porches that stick out from the house on the first and second floors. The first floor has four windows with shutters, and the second floor has four windows without shutters. There is a large grassy yard in front of the house. Centered beneath the photograph are the words "GILMAN FARM."
Gilman Farm Advertisement
A colored postcard of a populated sandy beach. The men wear dark colored suits and the women wear long dresses, or shirts with long skirts. In the background there is a gazebo and a building with several towers and a large porch attached to its front. The title of the postcard, located in the upper left-hand corner, reads "Hampton Beach, N. H. In Front of the Casino."
Hampton Beach and Casino
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 black and white photograph of three people sitting on a rocky surface, facing a tall, pointed mountain.
Hiking on a Mountaintop
Black and white photograph of four women and one man sitting around a table playing cards on a large porch.The woman seated at the photograph's right-most corner has a tennis racket resting against her chair.
Hotel Guests Playing Cards
A color postcard of a train with one passenger car has a caption reading "Jacob's Ladder, Mount Washingon Railway, White Mountains, N.H." The train is descending from a very steep part of the tracks on the side of a mountain, which is covered with shrub and rocks. The part of the track the train is on is built up on a small bridge made of timber to keep the track as consistent as possible.
Jacob's Ladder on the Cog Railway
A colored postcard of a wooden steam boat on a body of water. The boat has one small flag at the front, and a large American flag on the back. In the background are trees and open grassy areas. Orange and pink clouds mix with white clouds on the blue sky. At the top-left corner are the words "'KEARSARGE,' LAKE SUNAPEE, N. H."
Kearsarge on Lake Sunapee
A black and white photograph of a rocky shore and a body of water. There is a small boat in the water at the center of the postcard, and it rests against a small dock. Lining the rocky shore are fence post, and behind this, various single-storied houses are mixed among large trees. In the top left-hand corner, the title reads “Mai’s Cabins on Lake Winnisquam between/Tilton-Laconia, N. H. on U. S. Route 3”.
Mai's Cabins on Lake Winnisquam
A colored postcard of a man standing in the doorway of a small wooden shack with a cat in his arms. The shack is surrounded by shrubs and trees. The words "THE HERMIT AND HIS PET. MANCHESTER, N. H." are written in red text along the base of the postcard.
Manchester Hermit with Pet
A colored photograph of a large rocky ledge jutting out over sand and a body of water. Three people, two women and one man, sit atop the rock, overlooking the water. On the bottom left hand corner are the words "Miss Underhill's Chair, Star Island, Isles of Shoals, off Portsmouth, N. H."
Miss Underhill's Chair
A colored painting of a small waterfall and two pools of water. The water is framed by rock walls and trees. There are few large boulders placed throughout the water.
Morss' Falls, Franconia Mountains
A daguerreotype of a large house and barn set in a valley of a mountain range.
Mount Crawford House
A colored painting of a valley of open green space and trees. A large, pointed mountain sits in the background of the painting. There are three white houses in the center of the painting, and in the foregound, two women - one standing and one sitting in the right-hand side of the painting - face a group of brown and white cows over on the left-hand side.
Mount Monadnock
A colored postcard of a mountain landscape. The postcard mainly shows a green landscape, filled in with trees of slightly different colors. In the background, a group of tall white mountains frame the top part of the postcard. The title, placed in the top left corner, reads “MT. WASHINGTON, WHITE MOUNTAINS, N. H”.
Mount Washington
A black and white photograph of a horse-drawn carriage travelling along a dirt road. The road curves through the sloped side of a mountain. The road is lined with downed trees and large rocks. The photograph is outlined in orange, with black text placed along the bottom orange border. Those words read: "No. 505. Looking up MT. WASHINGTON CARRIAGE ROAD,/ Near Half-Way House, N.H./JOHN P. SOULE, BOSTON, 199 Washington St."
Mount Washington Carriage Road
A black and white photograph of a train with one passenger car. The train is descending from a very steep part of the tracks on the side of a mountain, which is covered with scrub and rocks. The part of the track the train is on is built up on a small bridge made of timber to keep the track as consistent as possible.
Mount Washington Cog Railway at Jacob's Ladder
A black and white photograph of a large building. The building hasa long covered porch, and several circular and rectangle towers. In front of this building is a grassy area and several bushes.
Mount Washington Hotel
A colored vertical painting of a mountain range. There is a large gray mountain with white and gray clouds floating in front of it in the background of the painting, and the sloped side of another mountain in the foreground. There is a curving path carved into the sloped mountain side, on which a small horse-drawn carriage travels along the left side of the painting.
Mount Washington Road
A black and white steroscope image shows a rocky summit of a mountain. Beyond the mountain are layers of clouds below the viewer.
Mount Washington Summit View
A horizontal poster showing a black and white photograph of farmland and various out-buildings in a valley surrounded by mountains. The photograph is showcased in an oval frame, surrounded by a colored drawing of apple trees. Above the photograph are the words "NEW HAMPSHIRE FARMS," and below the photograph are the words "YOUR OPPORTUNITY."
New Hampshire Farms: Your Opportunity
Photographic print of the Northwood Express stagecoach with passengers in Northwood, NH.
Northwood Express Stagecoach
A black and white photograph of a large front porch. A number of people are sitting and standing around the porch, and there are several empty benches and chairs placed underneath the covered part of the porch. A set of stairs leads down to a path and grassy area in the right-hand corner. Two tall lanterns stand at the end of the stairs at ground level. The title of the photograph, which appears in the top right corner, reads “Veranda of The Oceanic, Isles of Shoals, N. H”.
Oceanic Hotel Veranda
A color postcard of several attached and free-standing white buildings of varying sizes and red roofs. A tall flag pole and American flag flies over the building, and a large raised and covered porch circles the four right-most buildings. The two stand-alone buildings each have raised and covered porches. The foreground of the postcard shows a curved road in the left-hand corner and white rocks scattered in the grass. The painting is mounted on white paper. Words along the bottom edge of the postcard read "Oceanic Hotel, Star Island, Isles of Shoals off Portsmouth, N.H."
Oceanic Hotel, Star Island
A colored postcard of three groups of buildings, and their surrounding green landscape. Two of these groups of buildings contain a long covered front porch. The main building, to the right-hand side, has an American flag on top of a tall flag pole. Clusters of colorful flowers dot the landscape and road, which curves from the left-hand side of the postcard and continues off to the right-hand side.
Oceanic House, Star Island
A colored postcard of the edge of a rocky mountain. The overhanging edge of the mountain is shaped in the face of a man, with a high forehead, a pointed nose, a mouth, and a chin. Behind the mountain is a blue sky mixed with white clouds. Leading up to the mountain from the bottom left corner is a hill of green shrubbery.
Old Man of the Mountain
Black and white photograph shows a rocky cliff with many different slabs of granite. At the edge on the left, the rocks come together to form the profile of a man. Trees are seen at the bottom of the cliff. The picture is outlined in orange, and at the bottom it reads "No. 114 Old Man of the Mountain/ Franconia Notch, N.H./ John P. Soule, Boston, 199 Washington Street."
Old Man of the Mountain Carte de Visite
A landscape painting of the Old Man of the Mountain shows birch trees on the left side forefront with some broken. A gorge in the center has trees bending over and broken on right in the foreground. The Old Man of the Mountain's profile is upper center, surrounded by rising mist and clouds in background.
Old Man of the Mountain Painting
A black and white photograph of two women and a man sitting eating a picnic in the woods. There is a low table placed in front of the group, and on the table is a bag of food. The woman on the left and the man eat bananas. The two women wear shirts with puffy sleeves and long skirts and hats.
People on a Picnic
A black and white photograph of a large, three-storied building. There is a large front porch in the front of the building, and a tower attached to the left end of the building. Several people sit or stand on the front porch.
Perkins Inn
A black and white print shows various rides at an amusement park. Scenes upper left to lower right are a wooden roller coaster, a Ferris wheel, a go-kart race, carousel, and roller coaster riders. People are seen on all of the rides, having fun. In the upper center, it reads "PINE ISLAND PARK", and in the lower center, "MANCHESTER, NH, 1902-1963."
Pine Island Park
A vertical document with black text on white paper on the top half of the document, and a black and white photograph of a large barn and house with three chimneys on the bottom half. The barn faces the direction of the camera, while the house is turned sideways. The barn and house are attached by a long, one story extension of the house. There is a large field of grass in front of the barn. Centered beneath the photograph are the words "PLATTS FARM."
Platts Farm Advertisement
A color landscape painting is done in oil on canvas. It shows a view of the Presidential Range from a nearby valley. There are barns on treelined property in foreground, with a wood pile at left. Two horse-drawn carriages approach on a dirt road at the center foreground. There are people along the roadside at right and center. The mountains across the background are lavender, backed by a bright blue sky with white clouds. The peaks, from left to right, are Mount Madison, Mount Adams, Mount Jefferson, and Mount Washington. There is a dark spot on left shoulder of Mount Washington which is the headwall of the Great Gulf. The painting is signed at lower left in black: "Edward Hill. / 1886".
Presidential Range in the White Mountains
A colored postcard of a large white building with red roofs capping its two main towers. The building sits towards the back of the postcard, with a mountain range in the background. In front of the building, a green and rocky landscape surround a river, which runs through the postcard’s center. The title of the postcard, displayed along the base of the postcard, reads “THE MOUNT WASHINGTON AND PRESIDENTIAL RANGE, BRETTON WOODS, WHITE MTNS., N. H”.
Presidential Range with Mount Washington Hotel
A black and white photograph of several buildings surrounded by trees. All of the buildings are three or four stories tall.
Profile House
A black and white photograph of two men in a hammock in a forest. The men have white beards, and wear button-down shirts with vests, pants, and summer hats. Behind them is a canvas tent whose doors are held open by rope. Two low bunks are seen inside.
Relaxing in Camp
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 postcard of a group of people clustered in front of a three-storied building. The building has a tower and large front porch, above which an American flags flies from a tall pole. The title of the postcard, located in the upper left-hand corner, reads: "SHIRLEY HILL HOUSE, SHIRLEY HILL, N. H."
Shirley Hill House
A colored drawing of a group of men and women looking up at mountain range to the right, and a man standing with two horses and a carriage to the left. The women wear long skirts, jackets, and hats, and the men wear black pants, boots, jackets, and hats. Some of the men and women use binoculars to view the mountains.
Sightseeing in the White Mountains
A black and white postcard of two rocky islands, one large and one small. The largest island, placed in the lower half of the postcard, has a few buildings clustered together in the middle of the island. The words "2657 STAR ISLAND AND THE OCENANIC/ISLES OF SHOALS, OFF PORTSMOUTH, N. H." in black text are centered along the bottom border of the postcard.
Star Island, Isles of Shoals
Black and white photograph of a rocky landscape. In the upper right corner, a small building sits half hidden in the rocks. Three people stand on top of a large pile of rocks. A single person stands alone further to their left.
Summit of Mount Washington
A large boulder is caught between two rock walls in a gorge in a black and white photograph. The walls are steep, and there are some trees in the background. The photograph does not show the ground.
Suspended Boulder at the Flume
Black and white photographic print of the a waterfall cascading through a small gorge with many rocks and trees around it. There is a a bridge at the center, and a group of unidentified individuals in the lower left corner.
The Flume
A black and white postcard of a rocky canyon. Two walls of rock, each topped with trees and shrubbery, frame the postcard. A wooden foot bridge with a handrail carves its way through the center of the photograph. Below the foot bridge, a small stream passes over the rocky landscape. Written in white ink along the base of the postcard are the words “The Flume Gorge/© 1938 CTB”.
The Flume Gorge
A colored painting of a boulder stuck between two walls of rock. Along the tops of the rock walls are a few trees. Beneath the boulder is a small waterfall and stream.
The Flume Painting
A black and white photograph of a narrow, wooden foot bridge, placed over a rocky floor, with two walls of rock on either side.
The Flume—Looking Up
A colored painting of a narrow, wooden foot bridge placed over a rocky floor, with two walls of rock on either side. Trees sit atop the two rock walls and partially fall into the valley. Groups of people are seen walking along the bridge.
The Flume, Franconia Mountains
A black and white photograph of a small waterfall and two pools of water. The water is framed by rock walls and trees. There are few large boulders placed throughout the water.
The Pool, Franconia Notch
Black and white photograph of a group of people in front of a small, two-storied building with a pointed roof. Some people stand on the raised platform in front of the house, while others sit in either a chair or on the steps leading up to the house from the ground-level. To the left of the house is a larger building, and to the right is a low stone wall along the grass. Behind and attached to the smaller building is a one-story "L" shaped building and shed. Behind the buildings is forested area. The photograph is mounted on plain white paper.
Tourists at the Willey House
A black and white photograph of a group of people waiting in front of four trolleys. All of the men wear dark colored suits and bowler hats and the women wear long dresses and large, broad-rimmed hats.
Trolley Cars from Manchester
A black and white photograph of a passenger car sitting on a set of railroad tracks in front of a row of houses. The car has a roof, which is attached to a suspended wire by a tall metal stick. The sides of the car are opened, and the inside of the car is lined with benches. Two men stand on either side of the car on a raised platform.
Trolleys in New Hampshire
A black and white photograph of a trolley filled with people, traveling up a steep mountain side on a set of railroad tracks. Painted onto the side of the trolley are the words "UNCANOONUC INCLINE RAILWAY."
Uncanoonuc Incline Railway Car
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 black and white photograph of a large group of people looking at the camera, who are standing in front of a two-storied building. The first floor of the building is built out of rocks. In front of the group of people are piles of large rocks.The photograph is framed by an orange border. Beneath the photograph are the words "No. 516. TIP-TOP HOUSE, Mt. Washington, N.H./JOHN P. SOULE, BOSTON/199 Washington St." written in black ink.
Visitors to Tip-Top House
A colored drawing of a group of men and women standing outside a train station. Two of the women and a man stand on the train tracks, and two women and a man stand on the platform. The women wear long skirts, jackets, and hats, and the men wear black pants, boots, jackets, and hats. Some of the men and women carry umbrellas and are standing among large suitcases.
Waiting at the Train Station
A colored watercolor of a large white building with three towers and flags atop a hill surrounded by a body of water. At the base of hill, there are two one-story buildings near the edge of the water with a long wooden road crossing the body of water and leading up to the building. There are two sailboats in the water and, behind the sailboats, a steam-boat pulls into a dock. The words “THE WENTWORTH AND ITS SURROUNDINGS” are written in the bottom right corner.
Wentworth Hotel
A colored painting of a lighthouse standing on top of tall and jagged rocks. Waves crash onto the rocks in the right-hand corner of the painting.
White Island Light
A black and white photograph of a light house sitting atop a mound of rocks. The rock mound is surrounded by a body of water. Behind the lighthouse, to the left, are three small buildings. At the center, waves crash onto the rocks in front of the lighthouse. The photograph is framed on white paper. Words written in white along the base of the photograph read "SURF OVER WHITE ISLAND LIGHT. ISLES OF SHOALS, N.H."
White Island, Isles of Shoals
A black and white drawing of a multi-storied house, with a large front porches off of the first floor. A horse-drawn carriage waits directly in front of the building. Words in black text are placed around the drawing. The words "WHITE MOUNTAIN HOTEL" are placed along the upper border of the drawing. Beneath the drawing, the words "WHITE MOUTAINS, N. H./JOHN H. WHITE - - - - - PROPRIETOR." are placed, followed by a small paragraph of text, typed in smaller font.
White Mountain House Advertisement Card
A black and white photograph of a mountain region.The forefront of the photograph is framed with tall pine trees.
White Mountains
A drawing of a hillside shows a dark hill with four rock slides. Each rockslide looks like a river at the top of the hill, but resolves into individual rocks as it descends. The rightmost rockslide encircles a small house at the bottom of the hill. Along the bottom of the drawing, nine people are seen running in a line away from the house. Some are taller than others, and some wear skirts while some wear pants. The four rockslides end all along their path. There are three lines of small writing below the drawing which describe the drawing which read "The Willey family consisted of 9 persons, Capt. Willey, his wife, and children, and two men by names of Nickerson and Allen. All were buried beneath an avalanche or slide from the mountains attended by the awful calamity of the destruction of a whole family on the 28th of August, A.D. 1826."
Willey Slide
A colored postcard of a body of water surrounded by open green space, trees, and mountains. In the water are two green islands. The words "WOLFEBORO BAY. WOLFEBOROR, N. H." are written in black text in the top left-hand corner.
Wolfeboro Bay
A color watercolor painting shows a water level view of Lake Winnipesaukee. A steam paddle wheel boat approaches a small town in a harbor bordering the lake in center ground. There are a group of figures on right, getting into a rowboat. It is signed and dated in the lower left by the artist.
Wolfeboro Town on Lake Winnipesaukee