Paperweight
- Title:
- Mt. Washington Cog Railway
- Object Name:
- Paperweight
- Object ID:
- 1994.007.02
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Description:
- Souvenir paperweight. Cast brass in form of Cog Railway locomotive and cars on steep railway trestle. Locomotive marked "GREAT GULF". Passenger car marked "MOUNT WASHINGTON". Coal car marked "MT. WASHINGTON / COG RAILWAY". Blue felt insert in base. Marked "JAPAN" at end and on bottom.
- Material:
- Metal
Brass
Felt - Dimensions:
- H-2 L-3.5 D-0.875 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased by donor's wife. Donor's father, William O.Page, was a locomotive engineer on the Mount Washington Railroad (Fabyan's to Cog Railway).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Albert Page
- Subjects:
- Cog Railway, Locomotives, Mount Washington, Paperweight, Souvenirs, Trains, Trestles, Cog railroads
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