Lithograph

Title:

Ashland, Grafton Co. N.H.1883

Object Name:

Lithograph

Object ID:

1983.067

Creator:

Beck & PauliLithographer; Poole & NorrisPublisher

Place of Origin:

Milwaukee, WI / Brockton, MA

Date:

1883

Description:

Lithograph, Bird's-eye view of Ashland, Grafton Co. N.H., lithographed by Beck & Pauli (1878-1889), published by Poole & Norris, 1883. Ink on paper. Composition has arched upper edge and rounded lower right and left corners. View of hill town with mills, houses, and a river running from upper center to lower left corner. Title in the lower right corner: "ASHLAND, / GRAFTON CO. / .N.H. / 1883". Lower right corner just below image: "Beck & Pauli, Lithographers, Milwaukee, Wis." Key in three columns lower margin. First column: "1 Town and Masonic Hall. / 2 Baptist Church and Chapel. / 3 Episcopal Church. /4 Public School. / 5 Post Office. / 6 Depot. / 7 Sqaum Lake House, J. M. Cotton, Prop'r. / 8 Ashland Savings Bank." Center column: "9 Ashland Item Office. / 10 Mount Prospect. / 11 Asquam Mountains. / 12 [and] 13 [combined] Wilder & Co's. Paper Mills. / 14 Brethwick & Firth, Woolen Mills. / 15 Carter & Rogers, Woolen Mill. / 16 E. F. Bailey, Leather Board Manufactory." On the right side: 17 A. E. Harriman Valley Mill, (Leather Board.) / 18 J. S. Draper & Co., Plymouth Buck Glove Mf'y. / 19 Shephard & Fletcher, Mill Rights and Machinists. / 20 Grist Mill. / 21 H. D. Smith, Glove Dressing Works. / 22 Hughes & Huckins, Gen'l Mdse. / 5 E. G. Clapp, Stoves and Tinwear. / 23 Miss R. Dean, Gen'l Mdse. / 24 Cheney House, Erected 1830." Below: "Published and Copyrighted by Poole & Norris, Brockton, / Mass. Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-17.6 W-15.75 inches

Subjects:

Ashland, NH, Townscapes, Bird's-eye view prints, Lithographs