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Horseback riders on the Crawford trail, watercolor, by John Badger Bachelder (1825–94), c. 1858. New Hampshire Historical Society.

Viewing the mountains from the Mount Washington Hotel, White Mts., N.H., postcard, c. 1910. New Hampshire Historical Society.

Twin Mountain House, Carroll, N.H., watercolor with engraving, by John Badger Bachelder (1825–94), August 27, 1873. New Hampshire Historical Society.

Train Passing Owl’s Head, Benton, N.H., on the Boston, Concord, and Montreal Railroad, watercolor, by John Badger Bachelder (1825–94), August 27, 1873. New Hampshire Historical Society.
Audio Version of HISTORICAL NEW HAMPSHIRE

"The Grand Resort Hotels and Tourism in the White Mountains"

Historical New Hampshire, Volume 50, Nos. 1 & 2, Spring/Summer 1995

Guest Editor: Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., University of Delaware
Crawford House, Crawford Notch, watercolor, by John Badger Bachelder (1825–94), c. 1858.  New Hampshire Historical Society.
Introduction

Author: Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., University of Delaware, Proceedings Editor


(4.21 mb, ~4 min listening time)

"The Grand Resort Hotels of the White Mountains: Architecture, History, and Personalities"

Author: Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., former Director of the Museum Studies Program, and Professor of History and Art History, University of Delaware


(24.2 mb, ~26 min listening time)

"Going North—Transportation and Tourism in the White Mountains"

Author: Guy Gosselin, former director of the Mount Washington Observatory, North Conway, N.H.


(18.2 mb, ~20 min listening time)

"The Summer Ritual of Leisure and Recreation: White Mountain Tourism at the Turn of the Century"

Author: R. Stuart Wallace, former director of the New Hampshire Historical Society, the New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources, and the Christa McAuliffe Planetarium, Concord, N.H.


(23.4 mb, ~25 min listening time)

"The Grand Resort Hotels and Tourism in the White Mountains"

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