Camp at foot of LeConte in Bear Pen Hollow

Camp at foot of LeConte in Bear Pen Hollow

Camping

Camp sites, facilities, etc.

Tents

Paul M. Fink (1892-1980) of Jonesborough, Tennessee, was an early advocate for the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This collection of photographs from 1914 through the 1930s was taken while Fink thoroughly explored the Great Smoky Mountains and surrounding area. A banker and a conservationist, Fink kept a journal of his explorations and published his entries in Backpacking Was the Only Way (1975). This photograph was taken during a ten-day trip in 1921. The objective was to determine the height of Mount LeConte. Present were Walter S. Diehl, Frank Bain, David Bain and Paul M. Fink. On the back of this photograph Fink wrote: "Our camp in Bear Pen Hollow at the foot of LeConte. This picture gives you an idea of our new design tent."

Paul Fink Collection

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

1921-06-04;

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photographs

eng

StillImage

30225

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/30225

https://wncln.wncln.org/record=b1264458~S4

2017-09-01

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LeConte, Mount (Tenn.)

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

Sevier County (Tenn.)

3" x 5"(dimension)

Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America