Views of Western North Carolina: Trestle from below looking East

Views of Western North Carolina: Trestle from below looking East

North Carolina, Western

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 & Brown (Asheville, N.C.)

Regional Photographs Collection

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

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2013-01-07

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North Carolina, Western

5" x 8"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia