This photograph is part of a collection documenting the activities of the Appalachian National Park Association. The Association, founded in 1899, played a key role in the movement for the establishment of a national park in the Southern…
This photograph depicting two women on a forested trail--one on horseback and another carrying a large load--is part of a collection documenting the activities of the Appalachian National Park Association. The Association, founded in 1899, played a…
This photograph depicting three women on a forested trail--one on horseback and two standing nearby--is part of a collection documenting the activities of the Appalachian National Park Association. The Association, founded in 1899, played a key role…
This photograph depicts a road next to the Swannanoa River near Asheville. The back of the photograph is labeled "Country Life in America" which was an illustrated magazine published from 1901-1942 targeting readers interested in suburban living.…
This photograph of a waterfall in Buck Forest, western North Carolina, is part of a collection documenting the activities of the Appalachian National Park Association. The Association, founded in 1899, played a key role in the movement for the…
This photograph is part of a collection documenting the activities of the Appalachian National Park Association. The Association, founded in 1899, played a key role in the movement for the establishment of a national park in the Southern…
This photograph is part of a collection documenting the activities of the Appalachian National Park Association. The Association, founded in 1899, played a key role in the movement for the establishment of a national park in the Southern…
This photograph depicts a rock outcropping known as Paint Rock named for the fact that figures on this rock cliff appeared to early settlers to be paintings. The back of the photograph is labeled "Country Life in America" which was an illustrated…
The four-page brochure contains a “Hymn to the Great Smokies” and is dedicated to the “Friends of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.” The words to the hymn were written by Eva Plamondon Boyd of West Asheville to music composed by Margaret…
“Save our Mountains” is an eight-page brochure that makes a plea for conserving what “remains of the original American forest,” noting that logging is destroying a million trees per year and citing poet, Joyce Kilmer. To that end, the brochure…