Notebook

Object Name:

Notebook

Object ID:

2022.025

Place of Origin:

United States

Date:

1880-1910

Description:

Mauchlineware pocket notebook (writing tablet). Souvenir from the Twin Mountain House, Carroll, NH. Rectangular form with small circular hinge, wooden front and back covers with five thin reusable cardstock pages, first and last pages are affixed to covers. Front cover has a printed image of a large three-story building with groups of people walking on a Y-shaped path towards the building. Back cover is blank.

Material:

Paper
Sycamore

Dimensions:

H-1.875 W-2.875 D-0.25 inches

Provenance:

This pocket notebook or aide-memoire is a souvenir sold at or near the Twin Mountain House in the village of Twin Mountain in the town of Carroll, NH. Brothers Asa and Oscar Barron purchased a farmhouse in 1867-1868 and began accepting boarders. The following year they built adjacent to the farmhouse a large L-shaped three-story hotel with a mansard roof that could house 200 guests. The arrival of the Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad to the village in 1873 prompted the Barrons to enlarge the west end and rear ell of the hotel in 1873-1874, which boosted occupancy to nearly 300 guests. The hotel greeted some famous individuals over the years including presidents Grant, Hayes, Arthur, Harding, and Coolidge. Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe were guests for 17 seasons. Situated on a bluff over what is now the intersection of Route 3 and Route 302, the Twin Mountain House operated through the 1959 season and was torn down in 1960.

Credit Line:

Gift of Donald and Lille Shackley

Subjects:

Souvenirs, Souvenir booklets