This postcard, published by T.H. Lindsey of Asheville, N.C., features the 'Bridge at Bushnell, Murphy R.R. 891.' A general heading of Lindsey's postcards appears on the left side of the image, and reads 'Views of Western North Carolina.' This card…
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…
The 'Cherokee Herald' (Murphy, N.C.) newspaper in its June 17, 1874, issue ran an advertisement that asserted, 'It has been ascertained that one and half bushels of corn ground at the Tomotla Mills will last a family seven days, whereas the same…
This collage of pictures from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture's 1896 book 'North Carolina and Its Resources' featured George W. Vanderbilt's Biltmore Estate and the town of Biltmore. The caption for the page reads, 'The Vanderbilt…
This illustration from Thomas H. Lindsey's 'Lindsey's Guide Book to Western North Carolina' (Asheville, N.C.: The Randolph - Kerr Printing Co., 1890) shows 'South Main Street, Looking North' in Asheville, N.C.
This drawing of the 'Swannanoa Hotel, Asheville, N.C.' was featured in the book by Thomas H. Lindsey, 'Lindsey's Guide Book to Western North Carolina' (Asheville, N.C.: The Randolph - Kerr Printing Co., 1890).
This advertisement for the Turnpike Hotel from Thomas H. Lindsey's book 'Lindsey's Guide Book to Western North Carolina' (Asheville, N.C.: The Randolph - Kerr Printing Co., 1890), proclaimed it to be 'A Delightful Home in the Heart of the…
This page containing two pictures identified as 'Patton Avenue, Asheville, N.C. - Mountain Park Hotel, Hot Springs, N.C.' is from Holman D. Waldron's souvenir book 'With Pen and Camera thro' the 'Land of the Sky' (Portland, Me.: Chisholm Bros.,…
This picture of William Holland Thomas (1805 - 1893) is from James Mooney's 'Myths of the Cherokee' (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1902). Thomas was a merchant and politician in western North Carolina as well as the agent, attorney, and…