Print, Photographic
- Title:
- Cannon Mountain's Aerial Tramway
- Object Name:
- Print, Photographic
- Object ID:
- 2022.007.260
- Creator:
- Sawyer, Charles H. (1868-1954)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- circa 1940
- Description:
- Hand-painted photograph of Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway, Franconia Notch, NH, by Charles H. Sawyer (1868-1954), Concord, NH. Oil and watercolor on black and white print. Winter scene with green tramway car suspended on cables above a skier in right foreground; snow-laden conifer trees; snow-covered Mount Lafayette in background; blue sky with white and pink clouds. Unsigned. No mat. Framed. Original brown backing paper, stamped "THE SAWYER PICTURES / CONCORD, N. H." in center; titled "Cannon Mountains's Aerial Tramway" in brown ink, lower left.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-20 W-16 inches
- Provenance:
- One of 260 framed Charles H. Sawyer photographs collected and donated by John Douglas Peters and Christine Kay Consales.
The Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway, completed in 1938, was the first passenger aerial tramway in North America. - Credit Line:
- John Douglas Peters and Christine Kay Consales: Charles Henry Sawyer Collection of Hand-Painted Photographs
- People:
- Sawyer, Charles H. (1868-1954)
- Subjects:
- Aerial tramways, Cannon Mountain, Skiing, Skiers, Mount Lafayette, Franconia Notch, Winter, Snow
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