Jacobs Ladder, Mt. Washington Railway, White Mountains, New Hampshire
1900 / Detroit Photographic Company
Collection: Henry Clay Barnabee Collection
A postcard featuring a colorized photograph of a steam train engine with a single car on an elevated track going down a mountain. The train car has "Mount Washington" painted on its side, and there are many people leaning out the windows. Text beneath reads "5418. Jacobs Ladder, Mt. Washington Railway, White Mountains, N.H."
~ Detroit Photographic Company, “Jacobs Ladder, Mt. Washington Railway, White Mountains, New Hampshire,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed November 3, 2025, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/index.php/items/show/3751.
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Title
Jacobs Ladder, Mt. Washington Railway, White Mountains, New Hampshire
Subject
Mount Washington (N.H.)
White Mountains (N.H. and Me.)
Description
A postcard featuring a colorized photograph of a steam train engine with a single car on an elevated track going down a mountain. The train car has "Mount Washington" painted on its side, and there are many people leaning out the windows. Text beneath reads "5418. Jacobs Ladder, Mt. Washington Railway, White Mountains, N.H."
Creator
Detroit Photographic Company
Source
Henry Clay Barnabee Collection
Publisher
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Date
1900
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Format
JPG derived from TIF
Language
eng
Type
StillImage
Identifier
PPL-MS: 1995.1.IX.040