A car is parked near the bridge at the entrance to Chimney Rock Park. Donor note: "Note [the] date--This was 2nd bridge after 1916 flood and before rock entrance construction in the 1930s." A handwritten note reads, "Entrance to Chimney Rock…
View of mountains and the valley below. A hiker stands atop a sloping rock face in the foreground. Donor note: "Ground Hog Slide along Old Cliff Trail."
A waterfall streams down a rock face in the distance, and a caption identifies the falls as "Hickory Nut Falls." "H.B.M and '36'" written on reverse in pencil.
View of mountains with a rock face wall visible. Donor note: "Up the valley to crest of Blue Ridge and Chimney Rock Falls, from Inspiration Point; Inspiration Point was along the Cliff Trail--it was the only place you could see the falls and Lake…
A fire blazes in a large fireplace within the lounge of the Cliff House hotel. Donor note: "Note interior wall is the cliff face. Dr. Morse was once asked how thick the wall was, and he replied 'about 5 miles.'"
An open-top vehicle rides past a building while a group of people observe from atop a large rock with a sign that reads "Nose Rock." Donor note: "The 'Lodge' was the original gatekeeper's house--the ticket booth is across the road. Not sure how…
A person sits hunched over next to a bucket and distillation equipment in a narrow cave. Donor note: "Moonshiner's Cave with stairs and a still in the background, man squatting on the ground beside the still."
Hikers look back and down from a staircase that leads up alongside a rock wall. A signpost on the stairs reads, "The Needle's Eye to Chimney Rock," and a handwritten note reads, "Needle's Eye Stairway, 149 steps." Donor note: "Amazing that this was…
A wooden footbridge on stone columns extends over a rocky river. Donor note: "Old Bridge from the North side of Rocky Broad River to Island." A handwritten note continues, "along which road run 500 feet to Bridge below, the latter extending to…