This small 1930s booklet titled “Key to ‘The Land of the Sky’” published by Inland Press in Asheville, N.C. includes many photographs taken by George Masa (1885-1933) to illustrate the information about Asheville and the surrounding area. This item…
This booklet titled “Asheville, North Carolina: Live and Invest in the Land of the Sky” was produced by the Asheville Chamber of commerce and the Asheville Real Estate Board. The booklet includes information about Asheville and surrounding…
This postcard featuring the photomurals surrounding the dining room of the Asheville Biltmore-Hotel was published by Asheville Post Card Co. This item is from the Hart Masa Collection, a collection of photographs, publications, postcards,…
This photograph of a Coca-Cola is embossed “The Plateau Studios,” Asheville, N.C.” and was likely taken by Ewart McKinley Ball, Sr. (1894-1937) or one of his associates sometime between June 1933 and June 1935. Behind the truck is the Coca-Cola…
This postcard captioned, “Grove Park Inn and Asheville Country Clubhouse as seen from Golf Course” was likely taken by Ewart McKinley Ball, Sr. (1894-1937). Credit is given to Plateau Studios which Ball purchased from George Masa (1885-1933) in 1922.…
The photograph for this black and white postcard captioned “Buncombe County Court House and City Hall, Asheville, North Carolina – ‘In the Land of the Sky’” was likely taken by Ewart McKinley Ball, Sr. (1894-1937). The postcard gives credit to…
This reproduction of a photograph of Bull Head near Craggy Dome was taken by William A. Barnhill (1889-1987) circa 1920. This item is from the Hart Masa Collection, a collection of photographs, publications, postcards, correspondence, and ephemera…
This collection of small photographs is in Hunter Library’s George Masa collection, although the images were not made by Masa but probably collected by him. The pictures are mounted onto album pages and labeled. This photograph is labeled, “Taken by…
This collection of small photographs is in Hunter Library’s George Masa collection, although the images were not made by Masa but probably collected by him. The pictures are mounted onto album pages and labeled. This photograph is labeled, “Taken by…
This collection of small photographs is in Hunter Library’s George Masa collection, although the images were not made by Masa but probably collected by him. The pictures are mounted onto album pages and labeled. This photograph is labeled, “Taken by…