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Mount Mitchell and views ~ along Mt. Mitchell Motor Road
Mitchell, Mount (N.C. : Mountain) -- Pictorial works; Mitchell, Mount (N.C. : Mountain) -- Description and travel; Toll roads -- North Carolina -- Mitchell, Mount (Mountain) -- Pictorial works;
The Mount Mitchell Motor Road was built over an existing route that went up Mt. Mitchell. Originally constructed as a logging rail line around the turn of the century, in 1921, the railroad track was replaced by an automobile toll road. The...
Picturing Appalachia

Mount Mitchell from Toe River Gap. Motor Road in the foreground
Mitchell, Mount (N.C. : Mountain)
This photograph by George Masa (1881-1933) is captioned 'Mount Mitchell from Toe River Gap. Motor Road in the foreground.'� Handwritten captions list the prominent physical features of Hallback and Mt. Mitchell. Masa, a native of Japan,...
Travel WNC

Looking toward South from Re-Forest Area of U.S. Forest Service
Mitchell, Mount (N.C. : Mountain)
This photograph by George Masa (1881-1933) is captioned 'Looking toward South from Re-Forest Area of U.S. Forest Service. Motor Road in the foreground also in the first ridge. Note:- The top of Pinnacle, meets a three County Line - Buncomb...
Travel WNC

Dining Room of Camp Alice
Mitchell, Mount (N.C. : Mountain)
This photograph by George Masa (1881-1933) is captioned 'Dining Room of Camp Alice. Terminal of Motor Road where the trail start to the top of Mt. Mitchell.'� Masa, a native of Japan, settled in Asheville, North Carolina in 1915 and opened a...
Travel WNC

[Woven cloth sample notebook]
Hand weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Household linens -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Textile crafts -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This woven cloth sample notebook was originally compiled by Helen Wilmer Stone (ca. 1891-1978) presumably while she was working at the Pine Mountain Settlement School in Kentucky. The notebook contains samples of woven fabrics glued to notebook...
Craft Revival

[Instrument: fiddle]
Musical instruments -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This handmade fiddle or violin has written on the wood on the inside, "Made by D. B. Patterson Bryson City N. C. 1924." The body is made from pine, the neck is maple, and the fingerboard is possibly walnut.
Craft Revival

[Basket: rivercane, market]
Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This rivercane market basket was made by Elizabeth Queen Kalonahuskie. Dyed with bloodroot and walnut and woven in the single weave technique, the basket pattern is an older variation of Noon Day Sun.
Craft Revival

Group on Main Top of Mt. LeConte
Hiking -- Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.); LeConte, Mount (Tenn.);
This picture of a group of hikers at Mount LeConte was taken by James E. (Jim) Thompson (1880-1976), a noted photographer, hiker, and outdoor enthusiast who played a major role in promoting a national park in the Southern Appalachians. On the back...
Picturing Appalachia

Alum Cave Bluff
Mountains -- Tennessee; Hiking -- Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.);
James E. (Jim) Thompson (1880-1976) was a noted photographer, hiker, and outdoor enthusiast who played a major role in promoting a national park in the Southern Appalachians. In the 1920s, up to the park’s dedication in 1940, Thompson was often...
Picturing Appalachia

From Gregory Bald
Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.); Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.);
James E. (Jim) Thompson (1880-1976) was a noted photographer, hiker, and outdoor enthusiast who played a major role in promoting a national park in the Southern Appalachians. In the 1920s, up to the park’s dedication in 1940, Thompson was often...
Picturing Appalachia

From Heath Bald - Alum Cove Bluff
Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.);
James E. (Jim) Thompson (1880-1976) was a noted photographer, hiker, and outdoor enthusiast who played a major role in promoting a national park in the Southern Appalachians. In the 1920s, up to the park’s dedication in 1940, Thompson was often...
Picturing Appalachia

[Stone Mountain, Georgia]
Stone Mountain (Ga.); Stone Mountain Memorial (Ga.)
Photographer George Masa (1881-1933) made a series of photographs of Stone Mountain, Georgia in the late teens or early 1920s. Work on the monument began in 1916 and was abandoned by the original sculptor Gutzon Borglum, who left in 1924 to pursue...
Picturing Appalachia

[Stone Mountain, Georgia]
Stone Mountain (Ga.); Stone Mountain Memorial (Ga.)
Photographer George Masa (1881-1933) made a series of photographs of Stone Mountain, Georgia in the late teens or early 1920s. Work on the monument began in 1916 and was abandoned by the original sculptor Gutzon Borglum, who left in 1924 to pursue...
Picturing Appalachia

[Stone Mountain, Georgia]
Stone Mountain (Ga.); Stone Mountain Memorial (Ga.)
Photographer George Masa (1881-1933) made a series of photographs of Stone Mountain, Georgia in the late teens or early 1920s. Work on the monument began in 1916 and was abandoned by the original sculptor Gutzon Borglum, who left in 1924 to pursue...
Picturing Appalachia

[Stone Mountain, Georgia]
Stone Mountain (Ga.); Stone Mountain Memorial (Ga.)
Photographer George Masa (1881-1933) made a series of photographs of Stone Mountain, Georgia in the late teens or early 1920s. Work on the monument began in 1916 and was abandoned by the original sculptor Gutzon Borglum, who left in 1924 to pursue...
Picturing Appalachia

[Stone Mountain, Georgia]
Stone Mountain (Ga.); Stone Mountain Memorial (Ga.)
Photographer George Masa (1881-1933) made a series of photographs of Stone Mountain, Georgia in the late teens or early 1920s. Work on the monument began in 1916 and was abandoned by the original sculptor Gutzon Borglum, who left in 1924 to pursue...
Picturing Appalachia

[Stone Mountain, Georgia]
Stone Mountain (Ga.); Stone Mountain Memorial (Ga.)
Photographer George Masa (1881-1933) made a series of photographs of Stone Mountain, Georgia in the late teens or early 1920s. Work on the monument began in 1916 and was abandoned by the original sculptor Gutzon Borglum, who left in 1924 to pursue...
Picturing Appalachia

[Stone Mountain, Georgia]
Stone Mountain (Ga.); Stone Mountain Memorial (Ga.)
Photographer George Masa (1881-1933) made a series of photographs of Stone Mountain, Georgia in the late teens or early 1920s. Work on the monument began in 1916 and was abandoned by the original sculptor Gutzon Borglum, who left in 1924 to pursue...
Picturing Appalachia

[Stone Mountain, Georgia]
Stone Mountain (Ga.); Stone Mountain Memorial (Ga.)
Photographer George Masa (1881-1933) made a series of photographs of Stone Mountain, Georgia in the late teens or early 1920s. Work on the monument began in 1916 and was abandoned by the original sculptor Gutzon Borglum, who left in 1924 to pursue...
Picturing Appalachia

[Stone Mountain, Georgia]
Stone Mountain (Ga.); Stone Mountain Memorial (Ga.)
Photographer George Masa (1881-1933) made a series of photographs of Stone Mountain, Georgia in the late teens or early 1920s. Work on the monument began in 1916 and was abandoned by the original sculptor Gutzon Borglum, who left in 1924 to pursue...
Picturing Appalachia

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