An 1870s expedition to Mount Moosilauke

Camp Dartmouth ca. 1870

This is one half of an intriguing stereoview. The sign says “Camp Dartmouth” followed by what appear to be an apostrophe, the numerals 71, and a period: Camp Dartmouth ’71. The costumed men in the camp are trying hard not to look like students.

Editors of The Dartmouth explained during the spring of 1870 that an “Expedition to Moosilauk Mountain” was being led by J.H. Huntington of the New Hampshire Geographic Survey, with help from Professor C.H. Hitchcock and several citizens of Warren, including George A. Little ’71. One A.F. Clough, “the finest stereoscopic artist in New Hampshire,” took stereoviews on the mountain. This might be one of those views. The card itself says nothing except “Group Series” on the front.

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