Park dedication: view of crowd

Park dedication: view of crowd

Dedication to public use

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

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This photograph of a crowd of visitors attending the park dedication from the top of the memorial, is by National Park Service engineer, Robert P. White. Spectators began to gather before dawn. 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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2015-04-16

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Sevier County (Tenn.)

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

8" x 10"(dimension)

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