Print, Photographic
- Title:
- Smugglers Notch
- Object Name:
- Print, Photographic
- Object ID:
- 2022.007.076
- Creator:
- Sawyer, Charles H. (1868-1954)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1940-1950
- Description:
- Photograph of Smugglers Notch, Vermont, by Charles H. Sawyer (1868-1954), Concord, NH. Black and white print, uncolored. View of cliffs above winding dirt road. Signed "Sawyer" in black ink on photograph, lower right. No mat. Framed. Original brown paper on back of frame, imprinted "The Sawyer Pictures / Concord, N. H." in triangle in bottom right corner. Brown paper label taped to back, printed in brown: "SMUGGLERS NOTCH / -by Sawyer / This spectacular ravine pierces the Green Mountain range at / the northern shoulder of Mount Mansfield. It dates back in local / history to the War of 1812, when the rovers secretly traversed it / with goods which never passed the customs. / THE SAWYER PICTURES. / Concord, New Hampshire."
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-5.75 W-4.5 inches
- Provenance:
- One of 260 framed Charles H. Sawyer photographs collected and donated by John Douglas Peters and Christine Kay Consales.
- Credit Line:
- John Douglas Peters and Christine Kay Consales: Charles Henry Sawyer Collection of Hand-Painted Photographs
- People:
- Sawyer, Charles H. (1868-1954)
- Subjects:
- Smugglers Notch, Green Mountains, Notches
Electronic Resources are only available to New Hampshire Historical Society members. To access electronic resources, please join the New Hampshire Historical Society.