Park dedication: delegates

Park dedication: delegates

Cammerer, Arno B. (Arno Berthold), 1883-1941

Dedication to public use

Drury, Newton Bishop, 1889-1978

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

Hoey, Clyde Roark, 1877-1954

Kelsey, Harlan P. (Harlan Page), 1872-1958

Portraits, Group

Webb, Charles A. (Charles Aurelius), 1866-1949

Construction projects

Governors

This photograph of delegates at the park dedication is by National Park Service engineer, Robert P. White. Left to right are: Harlan P. Kelsey, Tennessee Governor Prentice Cooper, North Carolina Governor Clyde R. Hoey, National Park Service directors Newton B. Drury and Arno B. Cammerer, and Asheville publisher Charles A. Webb. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park was dedicated on Labor Day, September 2, 1940. A crowd of 10,000 came to Newfound Gap to hear President Franklin D. Roosevelt speak with 500 members of the Civilian Conservation Corps on hand to direct and manage the crowd. A podium was set up on the North Carolina and Tennessee state lines, so that speakers stood with one foot in each state. The event was presided over by the Secretary of the Interior, Harold Ickes.

White, Robert P.

Historic Photographs Collection

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

1940-09-02

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Sevier County (Tenn.)

Swain County (N.C.)

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

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Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America