North Country Forestry Lantern Slides Collections, 1900-1921

Collection number: MC 389
Size: 4 boxes (1.33 cu.ft.)

About the North Country Lantern Slides

The collection consists of glass lantern slides mostly from the period 1900-1920. Most of the 331 images are of forestry and lumbering activities in Northern New Hampshire. The photographer is unknown. Slides which were labled by the photographer have quotation marks in their titles below.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

This collection is open.

Copyright Notice

Contents of this collection are governed by U.S. copyright law. For questions about publication or reproduction rights, contact Special Collections staff.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], [Folder], [Box], North Country Lantern Slides Collection, 1900-1921, MC 389, Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, NH, USA.

Acquisitions Information

Donated: Roger P. Sloan, associate professor and state extension forester, UNH Extension Service; UNH Media Services, 1982 (Accession number: 8232)

Collection Contents

Box 1
Box 1, Folder 1"Heart of Forest, near the Canon"
Box 1, Folder 2"An AMC trail near Gorham"
Box 1, Folder 3"Forest Planting Compared with Forest Denudation"
Box 1, Folder 4Unidentified forest, slide is cracked
Box 1, Folder 5"Screens for Shading (forest) Nursery"
Box 1, Folder 6Spruce Trees, Upper Crawford Notch
Box 1, Folder 7Unidentified man standing in a nursery
Box 1, Folder 8Unidentified street with church in background
Box 1, Folder 9Unidentified river
Box 1, Folder 10Unidentified forest, colored slide
Box 1, Folder 11Forest in Franconia Notch
Box 1, Folder 12"A Mother Pine Tree in NH" colored slide
Box 1, Folder 13"Driving Androscogg in 1912", logging photo
Box 1, Folder 14"20 Years After (the) Fire"
Box 1, Folder 15"Pasedena, CA Mountain Fire"
Box 1, Folder 16"20 Years After (the) Fire"
Box 1, Folder 17Birch Tree Midsection
Box 1, Folder 18"White Pine Seed Tree", similar to #12
Box 1, Folder 19Pine Trees, Pisgah Forest, Winchester, similar to #30
Box 1, Folder 20National Forests of the US Map, January 1913
Box 1, Folder 21Logging, a colored slide
Box 1, Folder 22Winter forest image
Box 1, Folder 23Winter logging scene with a cabin
Box 1, Folder 24Assorted pen/ink tree sketches
Box 1, Folder 25Franconia Notch forest, colored slide is cracked
Box 1, Folder 26"Forest Regions of the US Map"
Box 1, Folder 27"Bark of a White Pine" slide
Box 1, Folder 28"Five Mad River Notch Camps", colored slide
Box 1, Folder 29Percentage Map of NH, slide is cracked
Box 1, Folder 30Pines in Pisgah Forest, similar to #19
Box 1, Folder 31Unidentified man with an ax in shrubs, colored slide
Box 1, Folder 32"Classification of Land Area of New England"
Box 1, Folder 33Abnormal Pine Tree
Box 1, Folder 34Unidentified Forest, slide is cracked
Box 1, Folder 35"1629 Mount Webster, White Mountains"
Box 1, Folder 36Pines, North Sutton on North Road
Box 1, Folder 37Stripped Bark winter forest image
Box 1, Folder 38Swamp-like deforested area, slide is cracked
Box 1, Folder 39Forest Fire in NH
Box 1, Folder 40Deforested Area, image is similar to #38
Box 1, Folder 41Winter Birch Tree Scene
Box 1, Folder 42Cross section showing tree rings, slide is cracked
Box 1, Folder 43Men tending to forest nursery
Box 1, Folder 44Michigan Forest Reserve, 1901
Box 1, Folder 45"10 Years After Fire Poor Growth"
Box 1, Folder 46Winter Lumberyard Scene
Box 1, Folder 47National Forest, Mount Adams Summit image
Box 1, Folder 48Unidentified deforested area cut for logging
Box 1, Folder 49Unidentified deforested area cut for logging
Box 1, Folder 50"Care of Lost Souls", 2 unidentified men on rocks
Box 1, Folder 51Unidentified scenic view with 1 man in foreground
Box 1, Folder 52Forest Drain and Growth Chart
Box 1, Folder 53Tapped Maple Tree for sap
Box 1, Folder 54NH Cathedral Pines
Box 1, Folder 55White Pines near Hinsdale, NH in Pisgah Forest
Box 1, Folder 56Unidentified forest image, slide is cracked
Box 1, Folder 57Unidentified forest image
Box 1, Folder 58Unidentified country road
Box 1, Folder 59Unidentified rock formation
Box 1, Folder 60"Relation between Present and Possible Future Growth"chart
Box 1, Folder 61Pine Woods, Franconia, Bethlehem Road
Box 1, Folder 62Unidentified forest area
Box 1, Folder 63"Wheel Constructed of Water" image
Box 1, Folder 64Sketch of "burning out" a wood corner
Box 1, Folder 65Unidentified campsite area in forest
Box 1, Folder 66Unidentified tepee/campsite, slide is burned a bit
Box 1, Folder 67"Snapshot of a Group of Indians", Cannon Ball, North Dakota
Box 1, Folder 68Colored slide of unidentified logging piles
Box 1, Folder 6947,000 acre fire, September 1909
Box 1, Folder 70Chocorua Lake and Mountain
Box 1, Folder 71Colored slide of a man in a young forest
Box 1, Folder 72Winter Scene with a Tepee
Box 1, Folder 73Unidentified campsite with a lean-to and a tent
Box 1, Folder 74Unidentified campsite
Box 1, Folder 75Crawford Notch, NH, White Mountains
Box 1, Folder 76New England 1919 Trail/ Reservation Map
Box 1, Folder 77Unidentified image of a shoulder bag amongst the shrubs
Box 1, Folder 78Mount Washington from Prospect Farm, 1900
Box 1, Folder 79North Forest near Gorham, NH
Box 1, Folder 80Maine Lumber Regions, corner of slide is cracked
Box 1, Folder 81Unidentified log cabin on a lake
Box 1, Folder 82Dartmouth Outing Club, Summit of Mount Moosilauke
Box 1, Folder 83Waterfall, "In the National Forest"
Box 1, Folder 84South slope of a mountain, "In the National Forest"
Box 1, Folder 85Colored slide, "Cardinal Flowers-Beaver Brook Road"
Box 2
Box 2, Folder 86 Colored slide, AMC shelter on Mount Jefferson
Box 2, Folder 87A brook in Valley Way National Forest
Box 2, Folder 88Mount Washington, White Mountain National Forest
Box 2, Folder 89Pen and Ink Sketch, a pot cooking over an open fire
Box 2, Folder 90Colored slide, Unidentified man smoking a pipe
Box 2, Folder 91Mount Madison
Box 2, Folder 92Colored Slide, Moat Mountains from Intervale, cracked slide
Box 2, Folder 93Colored Slide, road in Franconia Notch
Box 2, Folder 94Colored Slide, "There is a firing line..."
Box 2, Folder 95Unidentified tree-lined road
Box 2, Folder 96Colored Slide, "Pinnacles Dixville Notch"
Box 2, Folder 97Unidentified long-limbed tree
Box 2, Folder 98Colored Slide, unidentified man in a river
Box 2, Folder 99Colored Slide, "Mr. Frank Lord's Gift to State", Ossipee
Box 2, Folder 100Winter scene with unidentified people in snowshoes
Box 2, Folder 101Unidentified colored slide with 4 people on horseback
Box 2, Folder 102Unidentified colored slide entitled Highway
Box 2, Folder 103"Shady road near Mountainview, Maine 1969" colored slide
Box 2, Folder 104AMC Trail, Mount Pleasant, colored slide
Box 2, Folder 105Merrymeeting River in Alton, NH - colored slide
Box 2, Folder 106A trail of unidentified women, colored slide
Box 2, Folder 107"First real Beaver Dam at Lost River", cracked slide
Box 2, Folder 108A porcupine, similar to #148
Box 2, Folder 109Unidentified tree
Box 2, Folder 110Unidentified tree
Box 2, Folder 111"Forest fire at Kearsarge, NH, 1910"
Box 2, Folder 112"Falls on Kinsman Mountain"
Box 2, Folder 113"70 ft. White Pine between Portsmouth and York"
Box 2, Folder 114"Mount Adams and Carriage Road"
Box 2, Folder 115Franconia Notch, South slope of Eagle Cliff
Box 2, Folder 116"An Old Pine near York, ME", colored slide
Box 2, Folder 117Dixville Notch slide with horse carriage in right corner
Box 2, Folder 118Presidential Range, NH
Box 2, Folder 119Shelbourne Falls, NH, photo of a tower
Box 2, Folder 120Road into Waterville Valley along Mad River, colored slide
Box 2, Folder 1211912, Lincoln, NH, logged mountain, colored slide
Box 2, Folder 1223 children on a birch-lined road, colored slide
Box 2, Folder 123Unidentified winter mountain scene
Box 2, Folder 124Unidentified colored slide, winter scene, 3 men enjoying view
Box 2, Folder 125AMC Shelter, Tuckerman's Ravine
Box 2, Folder 126Pen and Ink Sketch "How to Build a Small Fire for Lunch"
Box 2, Folder 127Unidentified slide, winter scene, 3 men enjoying view
Box 2, Folder 128dams, Jefferson, and Kings Ravine, cracked slide
Box 2, Folder 129Colored slide, unidentified
Box 2, Folder 130Colored slide, "The Bean Hole", a campsite/log cabin
Box 2, Folder 131Colored slide, unidentified lake at dusk
Box 2, Folder 132Colored slide, unidentified rock ledge
Box 2, Folder 133Colored slide, Crawford Notch with 2 women, cracked slide
Box 2, Folder 134Colored slide, 4 men with horses on a large river raft
Box 2, Folder 135Top of Mount Madison
Box 2, Folder 136Colored slide, a group on a picnic in the mountains
Box 2, Folder 137Colored slide, large group in front of log cabin
Box 2, Folder 138Colored slide, unidentified open field/valley
Box 2, Folder 139Conway Boulder, White Mountains
Box 2, Folder 140Colored slide, unidentified mountain
Box 2, Folder 141Colored slide, an overpacked man "How Not to Do It"
Box 2, Folder 142Colored slide, a covered two-way bridge
Box 2, Folder 143Handwritten road/distance sign
Box 2, Folder 144First Congregational Church (Unitarian) in Nashua, NH
Box 2, Folder 145Shack in unidentified forest
Box 2, Folder 146Colored slide, unidentified mountain scene
Box 2, Folder 147Cow in front of shacks
Box 2, Folder 148A porcupine, similar to #108
Box 2, Folder 149Beaver house on land
Box 2, Folder 150Beaver dam on water
Box 2, Folder 151Unidentified tree
Box 2, Folder 152Very large unidentified tree
Box 2, Folder 153Valley May Stream, AMC
Box 2, Folder 154"Concord to Keene on the Contoocook", colored slide
Box 2, Folder 155Plainfield, NH road, colored slide
Box 2, Folder 156West Henniker area between road and river, colored slide
Box 2, Folder 157Henniker, Bradford Road, colored slide
Box 2, Folder 158"Highways" unidentified colored slide
Box 2, Folder 159Birch-lined road, unidentified colored slide
Box 2, Folder 160Winchester, NH, 1909, a river bed
Box 2, Folder 161"Schoolhouse in Webster"
Box 2, Folder 162"Levy Park, Alton, NH"
Box 2, Folder 163Road near a river, colored slide, "Highways"
Box 2, Folder 164"Levy Park, Alton, NH" a forest area
Box 2, Folder 165Unidentified forest, slide is cracked
Box 2, Folder 166Unidentified winter forest, a pine grove scene
Box 3
Box 3, Folder 167Three unidentified men in front of log cabin in winter
Box 3, Folder 168Unidentified forest area
Box 3, Folder 169Four unidentified men in an autumn forest
Box 3, Folder 170Unidentified garden area
Box 3, Folder 171White Pines 3 years old, winter scene
Box 3, Folder 17260 year old trees in forest
Box 3, Folder 173"Transplants at Amherst"
Box 3, Folder 174Unidentified pine grove
Box 3, Folder 175Unidentified man with dog and tent near a lake
Box 3, Folder 176Unidentified deforested area with telephone lines
Box 3, Folder 177Short box lumber stacks
Box 3, Folder 178Unidentified logged/deforested area road with a car
Box 3, Folder 179"Cutting mature pine protecting young"
Box 3, Folder 180"Fire line, Cape Cod division"
Box 3, Folder 181Sandwich, Scotch and White Pines, 7 years old
Box 3, Folder 182Unidentified men near stacks in logged area
Box 3, Folder 183Cracked slide, unidentified logged area
Box 3, Folder 184Rehoboth, 50 year old forest growth
Box 3, Folder 1854 year old Red Pine transplant
Box 3, Folder 186Unidentified logged birch trees
Box 3, Folder 187"Clear Cutting Pine, Box Lumber"
Box 3, Folder 188"Yarding logs for mill"
Box 3, Folder 189Stages of a gypsy moth's life
Box 3, Folder 190"The dreaded blister rust"
Box 3, Folder 191Winter scene, "Maine Lumber Region Logging Camp"
Box 3, Folder 192Unidentified Lumber Mill
Box 3, Folder 193Unidentified older man near log cabin
Box 3, Folder 194Unidentified men in forest with a lean-to
Box 3, Folder 195Unidentified man in winter forest close-up
Box 3, Folder 196Unidentified man in spring forest close-up by a tree
Box 3, Folder 197Comstock Town, Somerset Co., Maine, on Dole Brook
Box 3, Folder 198Logs on a river, location unknown
Box 3, Folder 200 Unidentified forest area
Box 3, Folder 197Comstock Town, Somerset Co., Maine, on Dole Brook
Box 3, Folder 198Logs on a river, location unknown
Box 3, Folder 199"Road building at 2700 ft. on steep slope" White Mts.
Box 3, Folder 200Unidentified forest area
Box 3, Folder 201Lincoln, NH - construction train for 70 men
Box 3, Folder 202Unidentified person with snowshoes, winter scene
Box 3, Folder 203Alberta Mts. "Effects of an Avalanche"
Box 3, Folder 204State Forestry Moth Work truck
Box 3, Folder 205Fire Observation Tower, Hanson, MA, colored slide
Box 3, Folder 206Pictures of caterpillar destruction
Box 3, Folder 207A tool storehouse, cracked slide
Box 3, Folder 208Lincoln, NH - JE Henry and Sons Paper Mill interior
Box 3, Folder 209Little houseboat with unidentified men
Box 3, Folder 210Unidentified stone cabin in mountains
Box 3, Folder 211"Lumbering in Glen, NH" winter scene
Box 3, Folder 212"Collecting stray logs" colored slide
Box 3, Folder 213driving logs on the Androscoggin River,1912
Box 3, Folder 214Rafting logs on a river, Penobscot, ME
Box 3, Folder 215"After fire - bare rocks" colored slide,1912
Box 3, Folder 216"A path of the Appalachain Mt. Club"
Box 3, Folder 2177 unidentified men surrounded by cut logs,
Box 3, Folder 218Men with logs, a winter scene in mountains
Box 3, Folder 219Berlin Mills Co. Saw Mill, "View from band saw carriage"
Box 3, Folder 220Danville, NH Pine lot, colored slide
Box 3, Folder 221Lisbon, NH, September 1919, colored slide
Box 3, Folder 222Unidentified pine grove/field
Box 3, Folder 223German Norway Spruce stand, US Forest Service
Box 3, Folder 224overexposed forest picture
Box 3, Folder 225Unidentified tree in winter, cracked slide
Box 3, Folder 226"Sample Plot during cutting"
Box 3, Folder 227Winter photo of "trees not planted close enough"
Box 3, Folder 228Brown Farm, Maine - White and Red Spruce and Balsam
Box 3, Folder 229Minnesota National Forest, Norway Pines, US Forest Service
Box 3, Folder 230Piscataqua, Maine - Red Spruce and Balsam Fir
Box 3, Folder 231Arizona, Coconino National Forest
Box 3, Folder 232Colorado, Gunnison National Forest
Box 3, Folder 233Unidentified men "working the land"
Box 3, Folder 234California, Plumas National Forest
Box 3, Folder 235Cross section of a tree, showing rings
Box 3, Folder 236Keene, NH, colored slide, native white pineMay 1920
Box 3, Folder 237Keene, NH, "Thinned white pine", July 1910
Box 3, Folder 238Cracked slide, Cornish, NH, White pine 2nd growth, 1897
Box 3, Folder 239Germany, Baden, Large Silver Fir, July 1903
Box 3, Folder 240"White Pine stand in need of thinning" NY
Box 3, Folder 241Keene, NH - 400 mature pine on hillJuly 1903
Box 3, Folder 242"The same spruce top properly lopped"
Box 3, Folder 243Colorado - Holy Cross National Forest"
Box 3, Folder 244Unidentified young forest
Box 3, Folder 245"Shelterwood", location unknown
Box 3, Folder 246Waterville Valley, Old Field Spruce,October 1914
Box 3, Folder 247Waterville Valley, Old Field Spruce
Box 3, Folder 248"Shelterwood", location unknown, like #250
Box 3, Folder 249Old Field Spruce, location unknown
Box 3, Folder 250Unidentified mountain forest scene like #248
Box 3, Folder 251Hill Gate, view from camp, July 1914
Box 3, Folder 252Unidentified tree buds in spring
Box 3, Folder 253Unidentified young trees in spring
Box 4
Box 4, Folder 254Unidentified young trees showing roots
Box 4, Folder 255Unidentified field in spring
Box 4, Folder 256Unidentified young tree in spring
Box 4, Folder 257Unidentified tree orchard
Box 4, Folder 258Unidentified young trees in forest
Box 4, Folder 259Unidentified baby trees near rocks in forest
Box 4, Folder 260"Harvard Forest-Experimental" location unknown
Box 4, Folder 261Unidentified image of four tree tops
Box 4, Folder 262"Harvard Forest-Experimental" location unknown
Box 4, Folder 263-264Unidentified young trees in forest
Box 4, Folder 265-266Unidentified tree in field, spring
Box 4, Folder 267-268Unidentified young tree with crooked roots
Box 4, Folder 269Unidentified young tree on a farm
Box 4, Folder 270-275Unidentified near-dead young tree
Box 4, Folder 276-277Unidentified young tree with buds
Box 4, Folder 278-279Unidentified young tree amongst pines
Box 4, Folder 280Unidentified forest
Box 4, Folder 281Unidentified young tree roots
Box 4, Folder 282Airplane view Franconia Notch, cracked slide
Box 4, Folder 283View of the White Mountains
Box 4, Folder 284Lake Sunapee and Mount Sunapee
Box 4, Folder 285Mount Sunapee
Box 4, Folder 286View from City Hill Reservation, Nelson
Box 4, Folder 287On Monadnock-Sunapee trail
Box 4, Folder 288On the trail, Monadnock to Sunapee
Box 4, Folder 289Monadnock Map
Box 4, Folder 290Spruce on Monadnock
Box 4, Folder 291Mount Monadnock
Box 4, Folder 292Mount Monadnock
Box 4, Folder 293Pumpelly trail-Monadnock
Box 4, Folder 294Monadnock
Box 4, Folder 295Randolph, NH- National Forest
Box 4, Folder 296Mad River Notch Camp
Box 4, Folder 297Crawford Notch
Box 4, Folder 298Mr. Lord's Gift-Ossipee
Box 4, Folder 299Alton Bay- Laconia Road
Box 4, Folder 300Levy Park, Alton
Box 4, Folder 301Rhododendron swamp in Mason
Box 4, Folder 302Tamworth, Gift of John S. Runnelle and Charles P. Bowditch
Box 4, Folder 303View of Mount Pequaket near Conway
Box 4, Folder 304Greeley Pond Bowl
Box 4, Folder 305From Summit, Mount Washington sunset
Box 4, Folder 306Airplane view Mt. Washington showing carriage road
Box 4, Folder 307Crawford Notch
Box 4, Folder 308Timber on state reservation, Crawford Notch
Box 4, Folder 309White Mountain Spruce
Box 4, Folder 310Around Chocorua Lake
Box 4, Folder 311Around Lake Chocorua
Box 4, Folder 312In Cathedral Woods, Intervale
Box 4, Folder 313Through the Cathedral Woods in Intervale
Box 4, Folder 314Cathedral Woods in Intervale
Box 4, Folder 315SPNHF Shelter, Mount Kearsarge
Box 4, Folder 316Kearsarge Mountain
Box 4, Folder 317Top of Kearsarge Mountain, Monadnock-Sunapee Trail
Box 4, Folder 318Profile Lake
Box 4, Folder 319Profile Lake
Box 4, Folder 320Echo Lake, Franconia Notch
Box 4, Folder 321Upper Falls, Flume
Box 4, Folder 322Highway, Franconia Notch
Box 4, Folder 323Eagle Cliff, Profile Lake
Box 4, Folder 324Old Man of the Mountains
Box 4, Folder 322Highway, Franconia Notch
Box 4, Folder 323Eagle Cliff, Profile Lake
Box 4, Folder 324Old Man of the Mountains
Box 4, Folder 325Profile Lake
Box 4, Folder 326Echo Lake and Eagle Cliff, cracked slide
Box 4, Folder 327Road at Lost River - 3 miles through Kinsman Notch
Box 4, Folder 328Guillotine, Lost River
Box 4, Folder 329Buildings, Lost River
Box 4, Folder 330Elysian Land, Lost River
Box 4, Folder 331Lost River
Finding Aid Image TEMP
  • View of forest understory