Hikers on Labor Day weekend

Hikers on Labor Day weekend

Hikers

Portraits, Group

Clubs

Smoky Mountains Hiking Club of Knoxville

On the reverse of this image is written, "Party which made 3-day (labor day weekend) 1930 trip up Alum to Mt. LeConte; across to state line; and down to Newfound Gap. Left to right Bob McGinn, Corrine McWhorter, Carl Boger, Jim Thompson, Howard Hale, Herbert Hunze, Norvall Taggart, Margaret Broome, Carlos C. Campbell, W.E. Miller - Picture by Dutch Roth." Miller is holding a measuring wheel. The photograph is in the collection of the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club, an organization that formed after a group of outdoor enthusiasts hiked up to Mount LeConte in October 1924. Albert Gordon "Dutch" Roth (1890-1974) was an avid photographer and one of the founders of the club. The back of the picture is stamped “Jim Thompson Co.,” indicating it was probably printed by hiking club member James E. (Jim) Thompson (1880-1976), a professional photographer who played a major role in promoting a national park in the Southern Appalachians.

Roth, Albert, 1890-1974

Smoky Mountains Hiking Club Collection

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

1930

Jim Thompson Co.

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2014-11-17

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Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America