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  • Collection: Forestry in Western North Carolina

Biltmore Forest School student Clyde "Tiny" Holmes poses with a pipe in the doorway to the student quarters, nicknamed "The Palace."

A 1910 interior view of the Biltmore Forest School student quarters in Sunburst, North Carolina. A heating apparatus, various articles of clothing, a map of the United States, and a washtub used in developing photographs are visible.

A 1910 interior view of the Biltmore Forest School student quarters in Sunburst, North Carolina. A map of the United States and supplies for developing photographs are visible.

View of a heavily forested area in the mountains.

A 1910 interior view of the Biltmore Forest School student quarters in Sunburst, North Carolina. This image shows the study area of Guy Hawkins and includes a desk, a barrel being used as a chair, and a BFS pennant hanging on the wall.

A homemade barrel chair made and used by Biltmore Forest School student Guy Hawkins. Seen inside the student quarters in Sunburst, 1910.

Biltmore Forest School student Guy Hawkins inside the student quarters at Sunburst, North Carolina. Hawkins is reading while sitting in a homemade barrel chair. His bed and student desk are also visible.

A study area used by Biltmore Forest School students in their quarters at Sunburst, North Carolina. Many personal effects, such as family photos, line the walls behind the desk.

A view of the feed building in the Pink Beds. Mountains and fields are visible in the background of the image.

Dr. Carl Schenck and a group of Biltmore Forest School students use surveying equipment during a class out in the field.
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