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192 | MAY + JUNE 2015 nshoremag.com 192 nshoremag.com November 2012 163 main street, essex ma 01929 www.spindlerantiques.com 978.768.6045 A LARGE CARVED AND PAINTED WOOD WALL DECORATION OF A MUSICAL PUTTO ITALIAN, circa 1880 Height: 36" Width: 36" Depth: 17" JOYFUL TIDINGS 192 in-depth LIVE In one photo, mysteries and questions arise like little ghosts. A group of men and women, recreational trekkers, were photographed ascending Mount Adams in 1893. Labeled "Camp Party at the Perch, Mount Adams, New Hampshire, 1893," the photo shows women dressed in long, billowing skirts, with fancy hats and handbags; the men beside them are in coats and ties. Who are these peo- ple, and how did they ever manage this kind of a climb? NEDCC senior photograph conservator Monique Fischer, who headed the project, was thinking about the photographers who recorded these feats, and who Both hand tools and modern technology are used in restoration work.