Mt. Washington Cog Railroad Stereoscopic Photographs

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
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Preferred citation:

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

Summary

Extent:
0.20 Linear Feet 1 stereoscopic image box
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

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

Background

Scope and content:

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Biographical / historical:

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: .

Processing information:

Processed by Anne Johnson in 2011.