This photograph of a log cabin, several men standing, and one man sitting in front of what appears to be food being cooked was taken by Herbert W. Pelton (1879-1961). Pelton, a photographer active in Asheville, North Carolina, in the 1910s, 1920s,…
Formed in 1899 for the purpose of promoting the idea of a national park in the eastern U.S., the Appalachian National Park Association originally favored western North Carolina as the sole site for a proposed national park. This 1901 correspondence…
James E. (Jim) Thompson (1880-1976) was a noted photographer, hiker, and outdoor enthusiast who played a major role in promoting a national park in the Southern Appalachians. In the 1920s, up to the park’s dedication in 1940, Thompson was often…
James E. (Jim) Thompson (1880-1976) was a noted photographer, hiker, and outdoor enthusiast who played a major role in promoting a national park in the Southern Appalachians. In the 1920s, up to the park’s dedication in 1940, Thompson was often…
James E. (Jim) Thompson (1880-1976) was a noted photographer, hiker, and outdoor enthusiast who played a major role in promoting a national park in the Southern Appalachians. In the 1920s, up to the park’s dedication in 1940, Thompson was often…
Little is known about W. Alan Youngblood, the artist who made this series of drawings. Youngblood was an enrollee at Civilian Conservation Corps Camp NP-8, one of 22 CCC camps in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The pencil on newsprint…
Little is known about W. Alan Youngblood, the artist who made this series of drawings. Youngblood was an enrollee at Civilian Conservation Corps Camp NP-8, one of 22 CCC camps in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The pencil on newsprint…
Little is known about W. Alan Youngblood, the artist who made this series of drawings. Youngblood was an enrollee at Civilian Conservation Corps Camp NP-8, one of 22 CCC camps in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The pencil on newsprint…
Little is known about W. Alan Youngblood, the artist who made this series of drawings. Youngblood was an enrollee at Civilian Conservation Corps Camp NP-8, one of 22 CCC camps in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The pencil on newsprint…
Little is known about W. Alan Youngblood, the artist who made this series of drawings. Youngblood was an enrollee at Civilian Conservation Corps Camp NP-8, one of 22 CCC camps in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The pencil on newsprint…