The caption in the Album reads: "Bob Barnett, Jim Stewart, and Boys." The handwritten text on the reverse of the photograph reads: "Barnett and other natives." This photograph is on Album page 43 with the heading "Great Smoky Mts."
Both the handwritten caption on the back of the photograph and the Album caption read: "Bob's Father 'gritting' corn". This photograph is on Album page 47 with the heading “Great Smoky Mts.”
The handwritten caption on the back of the photograph reads: "Cabin at Siler's Meadows" This photograph is on Album page 41 with the heading "Great Smoky Mts." The Album page contains a general caption for all the photographs on the page: "These...
The handwritten caption on the reverse of the photograph reads: "Cabin on Siler's Bald -- 6000 ft. Granville Calhoun in doorway. Temperature 0º." This photograph is on Album page 41 with the heading "Great Smoky Mts." The Album page contains a...
Hand written caption on the reverse of the picture: "The Devil's Court-house (stunted rhododendron)." This picture appeared in "Our Southern Highlanders" (1921 ed., p. 104) as ". . . . Powerful steep and Laurely . . ." This photograph is on album...
The Album caption reads simply "The Everett Copper Mine." The text on the reverse of the picture elaborates, "The Everett copper mine. My cabin is just above it. Hampton lives in upper (1 1/2 story) house, alongside boiler house. Everything else...
The Album caption for the Granville Calhoun store in Medlin, North Carolina, states simply, "(Same) Bear skins and Summer Sled." The caption on the reverse of the picture elaborates by noting that this is, "Granville Calhoun's store, Medlin. The ox...
"The Hall Cabin (North Carolina room on left, Tennessee room on right - State line - the watershed of the Smokies - runs through the entry- Elevation, 4900 feet above sea-level- J.B. Anderson and I lived here through the three summer months of...
A partial album caption reads, "Homeward-bound from Bea . ." The rest is torn off with the corner of the page, but may have indicated a bear hunt. This picture appeared in "Our Southern Highlanders" (1921 ed., p. 80) as "What soldiers these fellows...
The Album caption between this and the adjacent photograph reads: "Hunting coons (got three out of this tree. Snap-shot at twilight)." This photograph is on Album page 23 with the heading "Great Smoky Mts."
The back of the photograph has handwritten caption that is very light and difficult to read, "Kep in winter leaning against mt. laurel a foot thick." The Album caption identifies this photograph as "Laurel near mine." This looks very much like the...
The handwritten caption on back of the photograph reads: "Louis Hampton and children." This photograph is on Album 23 page with the heading "Great Smoky Mts."
"Making Sorghum." This picture appeared in "Our Southern Highlanders" (1922 revised ed., p. 368) as "Making 'Lasses." This photograph is on Album page 5 with the heading "Tuckaseegee River." It is one of three photographs on this page depicting the...
The Album caption for this photograph reads, "Medlin, N.C. Blockhouse (cloud-capped) in the distance." The caption on the reverse of the picture notes, "Medlin, N.C. Every building shows. Block House Mt. in distance is shrouded in cloud." This...
The handwritten caption on the back of the photograph reads: "The mountaineers after a few years in the cotton mills. A group near Kings Mtn N.C. July 4th 1906. F. [unreadable]." The Album caption reads: "A group of Mountaineers who have gone to...
A handwritten caption on the back of the photograph reads: " Mountains in winter, from top of ridge alongside my cabin. All uninhabited." The caption in the Album is slightly different, and reads: "The Mountains in Winter (from ridge above my...
The Album caption reads simply "Old Charlie Medlin Place," while the caption on the reverse of the picture elaborates: "Cabin without a window - On road to mine. No fireplace except in little kitchen ring - Chimney 6 ft. high. Many Mountaineers...
The Album caption reads "Rhododendron in Bloom," while the caption on the reverse of picture is " A branch of Rhododendron." Kephart often mentioned rhododendron, frequently referred to as "laurel" locally, in his writings.
The caption on the reverse of the picture notes, "The road to the mine. H.K. going for mail. Have to cross 6 footlogs on way, all mighty slick & wobbly." This locale is near Medlin in Swain County, North Carolina. This photograph is on Album page...
