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Jacob's Ladder trestle, Mount Washington Cog Railway, NH, 1938

Subjects
Mountains & HillsRailroads & Trains
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1938 (Linen)
Front of Jacob's Ladder trestle, Mount Washington Cog Railway, NH, 1938, Mrs. John Sween, PA, USA, c. 1938 linen postcard
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Back of Jacob's Ladder trestle, Mount Washington Cog Railway, NH, 1938, Mrs. John Sween, PA, USA, c. 1938 linen postcard
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About this postcard

A steam locomotive with a passenger coach climbs the steep wooden trestle called Jacob's Ladder on the Mount Washington Cog Railway, trailing smoke across the mountainside. The line opened in 1869 as the world's first mountain-climbing cog railway and uses a toothed rack rail to haul trains up Mount Washington, the highest peak in the northeastern United States. Jacob's Ladder is the steepest grade on the 3.75-mile route, and the printed caption notes that three miles of the railway run on trestle. The caption also points to the summit hotel, the Mt. Washington Club, which it calls "a Club in the clouds."

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

I said would you like to go up in this train? we did last year & enjoyed it. are stopping at Lake Winnepesaukee for a while Helen

PublisherTichnor Bros., Inc.
JACOB'S LADDER. MT. WASHINGTON COG RAILWAY, WHITE MOUNTAINS, N. H.
PostmarkedLaconia, NH, August 17, 1938, 12:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs. John Sween

Tatamy, PA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Laconia, NH
PublisherTichnor Bros., Inc.
Series33 62504 TICHNOR QUALITY VIEWS
ConditionVery good
Place addressedMrs. John Sween, Tatamy, PA
PublisherTichnor Bros. Inc., Boston, MA
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1938, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
NotesLinen-textured stock with a thin white border; "© C. T. B." copyright credit mark in the lower right corner. Postmark: LACONIA, N.H. AUG 17 12 30 PM 1938. Divided-back linen-era card (Tichnor "Quality Views" imprint, 1¢ green Washington stamp), light edge wear and a small stain near the stamp; message written sideways along the left edge. A line of the address beneath the addressee name was crossed out by the writer.

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Jacob's Ladder trestle, Mount Washington Cog Railway, NH, 1938, postcard, c. 1938. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/jacobs-ladder-trestle-mount-washington-cog-railway-nh-1938. Accessed November 2, 2026.