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  • Collection: Morse Family Chimney Rock Park Collection

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 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."

Two photographs depict waterfalls. Donor note: "Left Photo: Eagles Nest Trail, railing broken by falling ice in late winter; Right Photo: Series of falls of Chimney Rock Creek above main falls."

View of mountains and Broad River from Chimney Rock. Donor note: "Panorama, looking east; These two photos belong together." Half of panorama--pairs with mcr032a.

People sit in chairs and stroll on the deck of a pavilion, with the Broad River visible below. Donor note: "Panorama, looking east away from the Blue Ridge Mountains- 1200 feet above river; These two photos belong together." Half of panorama--pairs…

Two photographs depict the pavilion and a cottage in Chimney Rock Park. Donor note: "Left Photo (Plateau Studios); Pavilion from North Stairway approach; Right Photo (Unknown Photographer); View of a cottage from balcony side; one of the cliff…

Diners sit at several tables in the pavilion cafeteria at Chimney Rock Park. Donor note: "Cafeteria in Pavilion."

Two photographs of views from Chimney Rock Park on a scrapbook page. Donor note: "Upper Photo: From the lower entrance road, up the gorge, looking from Pulpit Rock; Lower Photo: Note the Rock Pile sign below--this was just below Pulpit Rock, writer's…

A car is visible on a curving dirt road on a mountainside. Donor note: "State Highway in Hickory Nut Gorge."

A rock face cliff is visible to the left in the foreground, and mountains are visible in the distance. Chimney Rock Village is visible in the valley below. Donor note: "This photo (undated) was taken before construction of the Opera Box, which would…
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