New Hampshire State Planning and Development Comm
1935

Scarce Map or Poster of New Hampshire Ski Trails

New Hampshire Ski Trails 1935 - 6 prepared by New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission, Concord, N.H.

DESCRIPTION: Very scarce original lithographed skiing map / poster for the State of New Hampshire from 1935 when the state was the heart of skiing in the United States.
"New Hampshire was the first place in America to have many things you see now at every ski resort. New Hampshire was the first to have trails cut just for downhill skiing. The Granite State was the first to have overhead wire-rope ski tows and an aerial tramway. Many famous races and styles of racing took place in New Hampshire. Professional ski patrols and ski schools began in New Hampshire. These new ideas, plus ski villages, started a whole new tourism industry." [1]

Inset tables of distances between cities, status (active/inactive) of airports during the winter season, and a list of approximately seventy member clubs of the U.S. Eastern Amateur Ski Association that included:
  • Appalachian Mountain Club. Boston, Mass.
  • Dartmouth Outing Club
  • Winnipesaukee Ski Club
  • Woodstock Ski Club
  • Nansen Ski Club
  • Lake Placid Ski Club
A rare record of club and commercial skiing in New Hampshire published by the New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission in Concord, New Hampshire. Unlike another example of this ski map that we have in stock from a decade later in 1945, this map only lists individual ski trails, organized by region and very few of these trails have mechanical assistance to bring the skier up the mountain, such as tow ropes, chair lifts or trams (the first chairlift was built in New Hampshire. in 1937).

Verso contains text and statistics describing ski trails across the state. Copyright General Drafting Company, New York, N.Y.

[1] New Hampshire Ski History. Online. 2016. http://newenglandskimuseum.org/new-hampshire-ski-history-for-4th-graders/

CREATOR: New Hampshire State Planning and Development Comm

PUBLICATION DATE: 1935

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States

BODY OF WATER: N/A

CONDITION: Good.  Folds as issued. A few very small holes at folds. Very light age toning.

COLORING: Lithographed color.

ENGRAVER: 

SIZE: 14 " x 24 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 150

PRICE: $365

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