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First issue of a newspaper printed on top of Mount Washington...
First issue of a newspaper printed on top of Mount Washington...
Item # 697478
July 20, 1877
BURT'S AMONG THE CLOUDS, Mount Washington, New Hampshire, July 20, 1877 Noted in the masthead: "Printed Daily on the Summit of Mount Washington", although printed only during the tourist season. This was likely the highest-elevation (6,288 ft.) newspaper east of the Mississippi.
As noted by the news reports & advertisements, this was a tourist-themed newspaper. And this is the very first issue: the volume 1, number 1 edition.
Eight pages, never bound nor trimmed, 10 by 13 inches, nice condition.
Category: Post-Civil War
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