Thomas Road

Thomas Road

Automobiles

Kephart, Horace, 1862-1931

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

This photograph and caption, “The Thomas Road,” appeared in a 1950 of the Asheville Citizen-Times. The original photograph was taken by George Masa in 1930. Photographer George Masa (1885-1933) was born in Japan and raised as Shoji Endo, Masa came to the United States in 1906. In 1915, he moved to Asheville and was known variously as G. M. Iizuka, George M. Iizuka, and Masahara Iizuka, before adopting George Masa as his professional name. Masa was active in the Carolina Appalachian Trail Club, which merged with the Carolina Mountain Club, and in the movement to establish the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The trip, recorded in the photograph, was made by Masa and Horace Kephart (1862-1931), a noted naturalist, woodsman, journalist, and author and promoter of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Masa, George, 1885-1933

Horace Kephart Collection

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

1950-03-26

Asheville Citizen-Times

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clippings (information artifacts)

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2016-03-02

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Sevier County (Tenn.)

Swain County (N.C.)

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

Beech Flats (Tenn.)

11" x 8.5"(dimension)

George Masa Collection