Wonderland Park Hotel, Elkmont, North Carolina

Wonderland Park Hotel, Elkmont, North Carolina

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Fink, Paul M.

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 1919 to explore the Eastern end of the Great Smokies. Present were lifelong friends Walter S. Diehl and Paul M. Fink. On the back of this photograph Fink wrote: Leaving Wonderland Park Hotel - Elkmont - on the way in. On coming out two weeks later we looked so "sea-going" we didn't dare have our pictures taken. (Paul Fink on left).

Paul Fink Collection

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

1919-06-06

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30229

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2017-09-01

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

Sevier County (Tenn.)

Tennessee

Elkmont (Tenn.)

5.75" x 3.5"(dimension)

Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America