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Mt. Washington Cog Railroad Stereoscopic Photographs Guide to the Mt. Washington Cog Railroad Stereoscopic Photographs Mss. Acc. 2008.349

Guide to the Mt. Washington Cog Railroad Stereoscopic Photographs Mss. Acc. 2008.349


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Anne Johnson, Special Collections Assistant.

Repository
Special Collections Research Center
Identification
Mss. Acc. 2008.349
Title
Mt. Washington Cog Railroad Stereoscopic Photographs circa 1865-1869
Quantity
0.20 Linear Feet, 1 stereoscopic image box
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation:

Mt. Washington Cog Railroad Stereoscopic Photographs, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Processing Information:

Processed by Anne Johnson in 2011.

Historical Note:

The Kilburn Brothers owned a stereography business in Littleton, New Hampshire. Their business began the same time the Mt. Washington Railroad was being built and by 1869, the year the railroad was completed, the Kilburn's Littleton factory was producing twelve hundred photographic cards daily and had become one of the largest such operations in the nation. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Scope and Contents

Approximately 80 stereoscopic photography cards of the building of the Mt. Washington Cog Railroad in  New Hampshire, photographed and published by the Kilburn Brothers, Littleton, New Hampshire. By the time the Mt. Washington Cog Railroad was completed in 1869,  the Kilburn's Littleton factory was producing twelve hundred photographic cards daily and had become one of the largest such operations in the nation.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Rack-railroads--New Hampshire--Mount Washington.
  • Railroads--United States
  • Stereoscopic photographs

Container List

Mixed Materials box: 1
Box 1
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    No. 14. Lizzie Bourne's Monument and Railway Train, Mt. Washington
    circa 1865-1869
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 id219443
    No. 23. Sliding down Mt. Washington Rwy.
    circa 1865-1869
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 id219444
    No. 23. Sliding Down Mt. Washington Rwy.
    circa 1865-1869
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 id219445
    No. 101. Rail Road on to Mt. Washington
    circa 1865-1869
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 id219446
    No. 104. Mt. Washington Railroad
    circa 1865-1869
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 id219447
    No. 112. Almost There- Lizzie Bourne's Monument, Mt. Washington
    circa 1865-1869
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 id219448
    No. 131. Jacob's Ladder, Mt. Washington Rwy.
    circa 1865-1869
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 id219449
    No. 133. The Engine, Mt. Washington R. R., White Mt., N.H.
    circa 1865-1869
    Scope and Contents

    This has a different publisher, on the sides it says J. S. Moulton, Amherst, N. H. American Views.

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 id219450
    No. 134. Jacob's Ladder, Mt. Washington Rwy.
    circa 1865-1869
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 id219451
    No. 134. Jacob's Ladder, Mt. Washington Rwy.
    circa 1865-1869
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    No. 135. Jacob's Ladder, Mt. Washington Rwy.
    circa 1865-1869
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 id219453
    No. 135. Jacob's Ladder, Mt. Washington Rwy.
    circa 1865-1869
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    No. 152. Pass, White Mountain Notch, P&O R.R.
    circa 1865-1869
    Scope and Contents

    Scope and Contents This has a different publisher- on the sides it says N.W. Pease No. Conway N. H. American Scenery

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 id219455
    No. 154. Frankenstein Trestle and Train, P&O R.R. White Mountains, N.H.
    circa 1865-1869
    Scope and Contents

    Scope and Contents There is a typo in the description, it should be "Frankenstein Trestle".  Also, this has a different publisher, on the sides it says N. W. Pease, No. Conway, N.H. American Scenery.

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 id219456
    No. 185. Mt. Washington Rwy., looking down
    circa 1865-1869
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    No. 199. White Mountain Rail Road, White Mts., NH.
    circa 1865-1869
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    No. 200. Lizzie Bourne's Monument, from the Railway, Mt. Washington
    circa 1865-1869
    Scope and Contents

    On the back there is a printed description of how Lizzie Bourne died.

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 id219459
    No. 202. Frankenstein Trestle and Train, P&O R.R., White Mountain Notch
    circa 1865-1869
    Scope and Contents

    Scope and Contents On the sides it says American Scenery, N. W. Pease, No. Conway, N.H.  American Scenery.

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 id219460
    No. 214. Mount Washington Railway
    circa 1865-1869
    Scope and Contents

    Scope and Contents This has a different publisher, on the sides it says American Scenery. N. W. Pease, No. Conway, N.H.

  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    No. 215. Mount Washington Railway
    circa 1865-1869
    Scope and Contents

    Scope and Contents This has a different publisher, on the sides it says American Scenery. N. W. Pease, No. Conway, N.H.

  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    No. 229. P&O R.R., White Mountain Notch, N.H.
    circa 1865-1869
    Scope and Contents

    Scope and Contents This has a different publisher, on the sides it says N. W. Pease, No. Conway, N. H. American Scenery.

  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    No. 300. Jacob's Ladder, Mt. Washington Rwy.
    circa 1865-1869
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 id221010
    No. 300. Jacob's Ladder, Mt. Washington Rwy.
    circa 1865-1869
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    No. 302. Sliding, Mt. Washington Rwy.
    circa 1865-1869
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    No. 303. Sliding down Mt. Washington Rwy.
    circa 1865-1869
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    No. 304. Summit House, Mt. Washington
    circa 1865-1869
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    No. 304. Summit House, Mt. Washington
    circa 1865-1869
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    No. 304. Summit House, Mt. Washington
    circa 1865-1869
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    No. 307. Frankenstein Trestle and Train, P&O R.R., Crawford Notch, White Mts.
    circa 1865-1869
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    No. 309. Gates of the Crawford Notch and train
    circa 1865-1869
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    No. 309. Gates of the Crawford Notch and train
    circa 1865-1869
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    No. 310. Mt. Willard and Train, P&O R.R., Crawford Notch, White Mts.
    circa 1865-1869
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    No. 348. Mt. Washington R.R.
    circa 1865-1869
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    No. 348. Mt. Washington R.R.
    circa 1865-1869
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    No. 421. "Jordan am a hard road," Mt. Washington Rwy.
    circa 1865-1869
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    No. 430. Pass of the Crawford Notch, White Mts.
    circa 1865-1869
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    No. 431. Pass of the Crawford Notch, and train
    circa 1865-1869
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    No. 463. Jacob's Ladder, Mt. Washington
    circa 1865-1869
    Scope and Contents

    Has a different publisher, on the sides it says Published By F. G. Weller, Littleton, N.H.

  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    No. 519. Mt. Washington Railroad, looking down
    circa 1865-1869
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    No. 521. Mt. Washington Railway, looking down
    circa 1865-1869
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    No. 521. Summit of Mt. Washington & R.R. train
    circa 1865-1869
  • id221030
    No. 522. Mt. Washington Railway and Summit House.
    circa 1865-1869
  • id221031
    No. 536. Water Station, Mt. Washington R.R..
    circa 1865-1869
  • id221032
    No. 536. Water Station, Mt. Washington R.R.
    circa 1865-1869
  • id221033
    No. 538. Ascending Mt. Washington.
    circa 1865-1869
  • id221034
    No. 538. Ascending Mt. Washington.
    circa 1865-1869
  • id221035
    No. 541. Arrival of train on Mt. Washington.
    circa 1865-1869
  • id221036
    No. 652. Coasting Mt. Washington Railway.
    circa 1865-1869
  • id221037
    No. 691 Sliding down Jacob's Ladder.
    circa 1865-1869
  • id221038
    No. 691. Sliding Down Jacob's Ladder.
    circa 1865-1869
  • id221039
    No. 697. Mt. Washington Railroad.
    circa 1865-1869
  • id221040
    No. 830 Frost work on Railway Mt Washington.
    circa 1865-1869
  • id221041
    No. 1240. Mt. Washington Summit House.
    circa 1865-1869
  • id221042
    No. 1244. Mt. Washington Summit House.
    circa 1865-1869
  • id221043
    No. 1245. Mt. Washington Summit House.
    circa 1865-1869
  • id221044
    No. 1787. Fabyan House and Railroad Train, White Mountains.
    circa 1865-1869
  • id221045
    No. 1825. The Great Trestle, Mt. Washington Railway.
    circa 1865-1869
  • id221046
    No. 1968. Crawford House (from the P&O R.R.), Crawford Notch.
    circa 1865-1869
  • id221047
    No. 2041. Frankenstein Trestle and Train, P&O R.R., Crawford Notch, N.H.
    circa 1865-1869
  • id221048
    No. 2041. Frankenstein Trestle and Train, P&O R.R., Crawford Notch, N.H.
    circa 1865-1869
  • id221049
    No. 2042. Frankenstein Trestle and Train, P&O R.R., Crawford Notch, N.H.
    circa 1865-1869
  • id221050
    No. 2087. Willey Brook Bridge, P&O R.R., Crawford Notch, N.H.
    circa 1865-1869
  • id221051
    No. 2088. Gates of the Crawford Notch, and P&O R.R.
    circa 1865-1869
  • id221052
    No. 2110. Willey Brook Bridge and Mt/ Webster, P&O R.R. Crawford Notch, N.H.
    circa 1865-1869
  • id221053
    No. 2114. Frankenstein Trestle, P&O R.R., Crawford Notch, N.H.
    circa 1865-1869
  • id221054
    No. 2115. Willey Brook Bridge, P&O R.R., Crawford Notch, N.H.
    circa 1865-1869
  • id221055
    No. 2117. P&O R.R., Crawford Notch, N.H.
    circa 1865-1869
  • id221056
    No. 2126. Pass of the Crawford Notch and P&O R.R. Train.
    circa 1865-1869
  • id221057
    No. 2134. Frankenstein Trestle and Cliff, P&O R.R., Crawford Notch, N.H.
    circa 1865-1869
  • id221058
    No. 2135. Frankenstein Trestle and Cliff, P&O R.R., Crawford Notch, White Mts.
    circa 1865-1869
  • id221059
    No. Title
    circa 1865-1869
    Scope and Contents

    On the back are lists with the corresponding numbers of other cards that relate to various categories, including White Mountain Scenery, Flower Series, Loosar Tunnel & Vicinity, and Miscellaneous Views.

  • id221060
    No Title
    circa 1865-1869
    Scope and Contents

    Scope and Contents On the back is handwritten "Emily from Austin" and "Rail Road W. Mts."

  • id221061
    Jacob's Ladder Mt. Washington Railway, (1)
    circa 1865-1869
    Scope and Contents

    On the back it says Photographic Views of American Scenery... by J. White & Co. Lancaster, N.H.

  • id221062
    No Title
    circa 1865-1869
    Scope and Contents

    On the sides it says Youth's Companion Perry Mason & CO., 41 Temple Place, Boston, Mass.

  • id221063
    Jacob's Ladder, Mt. Washington Railway, N.H.
    circa 1865-1869
    Scope and Contents

    On the sides it says S. T. Adams, Photographer. New Bedford, Mass.

  • id221064
    No Title
    circa 1865-1869
    Scope and Contents

    On the sides it says Youth's Companion. Perry Mason & Co., 41 Temple Place, Boston, Mass.

  • id221065
    Summit Mt. Washington, Winter of 1870-71.
    1870-1871
    Scope and Contents

    Under the title it says "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1871, by Clough & Kimball, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington."  On the other side it says Clough & Kimball, Concord, N.H.  On the back there is a list of other views from Mt. Washington in the winter of 1870-71.

  • id221066
    No Title
    circa 1865-1869
    Scope and Contents

    On the sides it says J. W. & J. S. Moulton, Salem, Mass.  New Series, American Views.

  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    Mt. Washington R.R., White Mountains, N.H.
    circa 1865-1869
    Scope and Contents

    On the sides it says J.W. & J.S. Moulton, Publishers of Stereoscopic Views. American Scenery, Essex Street, Salem, Mass.