For more than 150 years, the White Mountains have attracted untold
numbers of visitors from all over the world. The lofty peaks offer
unlimited panoramas--the view from the summit of Mount Washington
extends for more than 100 miles in all directions and includes 33 other
mountaintops, each with an elevation exceeding 4,000 feet. Framing the
Presidential Range are Crawford Notch, Franconia Notch, and Pinkham
Notch, three of the most impressive wonders in the eastern part the
country. The White Mountain region has numerous other points of
interest: the Flume, the Pool, the Basin, the Old Man of the Mountain,
Glen Ellis Falls, the Lake of the Clouds, Echo Lake, Profile Lake, and
the White Horse Ledge, to name a few. The stereo technique dates from
the earliest years of photography. Stereo photographs are two images of
the same view taken from slightly different points, which when observed
through special glasses appear as one with an added dimension of depth.
Photographers took these three-dimensional views to exemplify and to
preserve in print the beauty, wonders, and wealth of nature.
Stereoscopic Views of the White Mountains contains more than 200
reflective stereos of the region's mountains, lakes, rivers, and
streams. These breathtaking views of the landscape, the resorts, and the
villages were taken during an excursion on the early railroads. They
recall the romance and idealism of the rail and stagecoach era.
