Locomotive going up Red Marble grade

Locomotive going up Red Marble grade

Horses

Men

Mountains

Railroad cars

Railroad trains

Roads -- North Carolina, Western

Transportation

This circa 1910 image shows a locomotive helper pushing the rear of a freight train eastbound going up the Red Marble grade east of Andrews approaching Topton. Not seen in the image are the two Southern Railway Consolidation locomotives pulling the train. Notice the man sitting on top of the train and the horse on the bridge. The image is part of the Sherrill Studio Collection. George Dexter Sherrill (1879–1931) opened the first photography studio in Haywood County on Depot Street in downtown Waynesville in 1902. In 1906 his studio became the first Eastman Kodak franchise west of Asheville and the third in North Carolina. Sherrill’s photography roots began in Jackson County where he learned the art from his brother-in-law, A. L. Ensley. Beulah Eloise Ashe Ensley (1899-1991) apprenticed with Sherrill in 1917 and worked in the studio with her husband, Sherrill’s nephew, Ralph Ensley (1894-1975) until Ralph’s death. The Ensley’s demolished the original studio in 1943, dug the site to stre

Sherrill's Photography Studio

Sherrill Studio Photo Collection

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

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2018-11-12

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Cherokee County (N.C.)

North Carolina, Western

3.75" x 6"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia