Views of Western North Carolina: Through Licklog and McElroy Tunnels

Views of Western North Carolina: Through Licklog and McElroy Tunnels

North Carolina, Western

Railroad tunnels

Railroads

Thomas H. Lindsey was a 19th century photographer based out of Asheville, North Carolina. He was one of the earliest commercial photographers to make scenic images of the region. This series of 5” x 8” prints were mounted to heavy card stock and labeled, “Views of Western North Carolina.” Many of the cards also carried the caption “The Land of the Sky,” a term popular around the turn of the 20th century. Recently constructed rail lines opened the region to visitation and many of Lindsey’s photographs included a portion of a railroad track as if to encourage visitation. He also produced “Lindsey's Guide Book to Western North Carolina” in 1890. Apparently, Lindsey was a prolific photographer as an advertisement for his studio on South Court Place in Asheville invited the public to see “more than one thousand views on exhibition.”

Lindsey, T. H. (Thomas H.)

Regional Photographs Collection

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

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2013-01-07

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McDowell County (N.C.)

North Carolina, Western

5" x 8"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia