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OVP 68
GUSN-221516
View shows the train and track atop Mount Washington with the Summit House. In the center of the photograph is a marker with an inscription above a cairn of stones.
exterior views
public buildings
hotels (public accommodations)
railroads
mountains
photographs
photographic prints
albumen prints
D.W. Butterworth photographer and publisher, Cambridgeport, Mass. (printed)
Summit House and Mt. Washington R.R.
Greatest Elevation 6291 ft.
Above sea level.
Sharpest grade 1980 ft. to the mile. (stamped)
Miss Lizze Bourne
Daughter of Judge Bourne
Of
Kennebunk, Maine
Perished here
Sept 14, 1855
Aged 20 yrs.
Oversize photograph number OVP0243
1 photographic print : albumen, mounted ; 22 x 17 1/2 inches
PC001
General photographic collection
PC001.01.TMP.243
17 1/2 x 22 (HxW)(inches)
Mount Washington (Coos county, New Hampshire) [mountain]
Butterfield, D.W. (Photographer)
photographs
photographic prints
albumen prints
Item
OVP 68
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