African American couples -- Portraits; Couples -- Portraits; Portraits, Group;
Abraham Lincoln Ensley (1865-1948) was one of the earliest commercial photographers in western North Carolina. He made images, mostly portraits, on 5” x 7” glass plates that he developed on his farm in Jackson County. Like most native...
Agriculture -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Quiltmakers -- North Carolina, Western; Quilting -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Postmasters -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Haywood County; Gardening -- North...
Doreyl talks with Peggy Dawson from Tuckasegee about gardening. Amy spends time with Bonnie Crawford Hooper from Cullowhee who discusses quilting and her grandmother’s job in the 1940s. The show ends with "Go Rest High on the Mountain" by the...
This illustration from Wilbur G. Zeigler and Ben S. Grosscup's late 19th-century travel narrative, 'Heart of the Alleghanies,'� is captioned 'The Junaluskas' (p. 316). In recounting a trip to Waynesville, in Haywood County, N.C., the authors...
This advertisement for Eagle's Nest and White Sulphur Springs, two of the premier hotels in Waynesville, N.C., appeared in the Greater Western North Carolina Association's Information to Visitors Concerning Greater Western North Carolina...
A view of the town of Waynesville, N.C., from the tower of the Haywood County Courthouse that was built in 1884. The Windsor Hotel is seen in the foreground to the left. This postcard was postmarked September 14, 1910, from Canton, N.C.
This panorama of Waynesville from the Greater Western North Carolina Association's tour guide Information to Visitors Concerning Greater Western North Carolina (Asheville, N.C.: Inland Press, 1913) underscores its mountain setting. The Haywood...
The North Carolina Good Roads Association's Road Maps and Tour Book of Western North Carolina (1916) included an advertisement and picture for the Waynesville Auto Repair Company. Another advertisement in The 1916 Pictorial Story of Haywood County...
This close up picture of the Haywood County Courthouse in Waynesville, N.C., shows the tower which distinguished the building as a town landmark. The Courthouse dated from 1884 and served the county until a new building was constructed in 1931 to...
This picture from the publication issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, 'Message from the President of the United States Transmitting a Report of the Secretary of Agriculture in Relation to the Forests, Rivers and Mountains of the...
This picture of 'Balsam Gap' is from the booklet 'Woman's Christian Temperance Union Southern Assembly and School of Methods, Waynesville, N.C., 1892' (Philadelphia, Penn: Levytype Co., 1892). However, there is a different caption in the lower...
The Haywood County Court House seen in this picture from the booklet 'Woman's Christian Temperance Union Southern Assembly and School of Methods, Waynesville, N.C., 1892' (Philadelphia, Penn: Levytype Co., 1892) was the third county court house...
This view captioned 'Old Mill near Waynesville, N.C., from the booklet Woman's Christian Temperance Union Southern Assembly and School of Methods, Waynesville, N.C., 1892,' was featured in the 1904 souvenir book 'With Pen and Camera thro' `The Land...
In this panoramic view of Waynesville, N.C., from the booklet 'Woman's Christian Temperance Union Southern Assembly and School of Methods, Waynesville, N.C., 1892,' the mountain setting of the town of Waynesville is readily apparent. The Haywood...
A handwritten caption on the reverse of this photograph identified it as the 'Waynesville Dispensary [Drug Store],' in Waynesville, N.C. A large stock of items appears in the shelving cabinets on either side of the store. The walls and ceiling...
This photograph, entitled 'From Junaluska,' shows the view available from Junaluska Mountain, in the vicinity of Hazelwood and Waynesville, N.C. According to the 'North Carolina Gazetteer' (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1968),...
Arts -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Cockman Family (Musical Group); Mountain life -- North Carolina -- Swain County; Swain County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes;
The young Cockman boy opens the show singing “The Ballad of Old Blue.” Doreyl talks about the love of art with two of her art students, Nikki Henke (from Waynesville) and Lucius A. Salisbury, Jr. (from Franklin). Amy speaks with J. B. Jacobs...
Abraham Lincoln Ensley (1865-1948) was one of the earliest commercial photographers in western North Carolina. He made images, mostly portraits, on 5” x 7” glass plates that he developed on his farm in Jackson County. Like most native...
Abraham Lincoln Ensley (1865-1948) was one of the earliest commercial photographers in western North Carolina. He made images, mostly portraits, on 5” x 7” glass plates that he developed on his farm in Jackson County. Like most native...
Abraham Lincoln Ensley (1865-1948) was one of the earliest commercial photographers in western North Carolina. He made images, mostly portraits, on 5” x 7” glass plates that he developed on his farm in Jackson County. Like most native...
Buildings -- North Carolina; Church buildings -- North Carolina; Mountains -- North Carolina;
Abraham Lincoln Ensley (1865-1948) was one of the earliest commercial photographers in western North Carolina. He made images, mostly portraits, on 5” x 7” glass plates that he developed on his farm in Jackson County. Like most native...