Balsams

Balsams

Balsam fir

Botany

Forests and forestry -- Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)

Norway spruce

Trees -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)

This series of 20 original black and white photographs depicts botanical specimens of the Great Smoky Mountains. The entire set, including one image that is not in Hunter Library Special Collections, was published in a booklet titled "The Remarkable Flora of the Great Smoky Mountains" by B.W. Wells. Bertram Whittier Wells (1884-1978) was a distinguished professor of botany at North Carolina State University. The photographs are attributed to him. The trees in this photograph, labeled "Amid the thick stand of balsams on top of Clingman's Dome," appear to be Norway Spruce. In 2024 Clingmans Dome was restored to its original name of Kuwohi. The 14-page booklet was published by the North Carolina National Park Commission and Great Smoky Mountains, Inc., two organizations that promoted the idea of designating the Great Smoky Mountains as a national park.

Wells, B. W. (Bertram Whittier), 1884-1978

George Masa Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

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2012-08-31

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Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)

4" x 5.25"(dimension)

George Masa Collection