Black Rock, a well-known peak of the Plott Balsam range in western North Carolina, rises to an elevation of 5,810 feet. This postcard vista was taken near Sylva, N.C., and was postmarked July 27, 1914. Black Rock's elevation exceeds that of Sylva,…
This panoramic view is identified in the lower right margin as the "Sylva Tanning Company, Sylva, N.C." It has a credit line of "Photo by Sherrill Studio, Asheville, N.C." The intertwined importance of western North Carolina's timber resources and…
A typed caption on this photograph identifies it as 'On Balsam Divide looking towards Black Rock Knob.' The photograph is featured in a report titled 'Properties of Dr. John R. Brinkley,' which contains a letter of transmittal from Ellis Clarke…
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 rendering from an elevated perspective of the Margo Terrace, a hotel located in Asheville, N.C., provides a juxtaposition of various modes of transportation available in the city, with an automobile seen in conjunction with a horse and carriage…
This pamphlet entitled 'Road Laws of Swain County, 1923' (Observer Printing House, Charlotte, N.C.) contains, beginning on page 20, the text of a bill authorized by the North Carolina General Assembly entitled 'H.B. 438. S.B. 447 An Act to Repeal…
This postcard view entitled 'Beauties of the Swannanoa' was published by T.H. Lindsey of Asheville, N.C., and shows the Swannanoa River on its course through Buncombe County, N.C., to meet with the French Broad River at Asheville, N.C. On the left…
This view captioned the 'Fontana Dam site'� from the report by the Tennessee Valley Authority, 'The Fontana Project: A Comprehensive Report on the Planning, Design, Construction, and Initial Operations of the Fontana Project'� (Washington: United…
This view of the 'Fontana Dam Project'� from the report by the Tennessee Valley Authority, 'The Fontana Project: A Comprehensive Report on the Planning, Design, Construction, and Initial Operations of the Fontana Project'� (Washington: United…
This page of four pictures from a report by the United States Census Office, 'Extra Census Bulletin. Indians. Eastern Band of Cherokees of North Carolina' (Washington, D.C.: United States Census Printing Office, 1892), shows 'Eastern Cherokee…