Cannon Mt., Franconia, Orange Tram Roundel — c. 1960s

A vintage Cannon Mountain ski patch, estimated to date from the 1960s, featuring an orange tram car hanging from its cables against a cream sky with two blue clouds. CANNON MT. over the top and FRANCONIA, H. beneath, both in heavy black letters. Round, orange field, black border.

The tram is why Cannon was famous before most people could name a ski area. North America's first passenger aerial tramway was dedicated on Cannon on June 28, 1938. It carried riders for forty-two years before a second tram replaced it in 1980. Before the tram, Cannon's skiers climbed. After it, they rode to the top of a 4,080-foot mountain in a few minutes and looked down on Franconia Notch.

If this patch is from the 1960s, the car in the middle is the original. The clouds are two stitches of blue each, which is all a cloud needs.

Whoever designed it left out the skiers, the trails and the mountain itself. They knew which part people drove up from Boston to see.

Embroidered on twill, merrowed edge. Photos are the condition report.