President Franklin D. Roosevelt motorcade, Sylva, North Carolina, September 9, 1936

President Franklin D. Roosevelt motorcade, Sylva, North Carolina, September 9, 1936

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Sylva (N.C.)

This photograph offers a rooftop view of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's procession down Main Street of Sylva, North Carolina. President Roosevelt traveled by automobile from Knoxville, Tennessee, to Asheville, N.C. on a tour of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and visited Sylva on September 9, 1936. He is in the first automobile, with his arm extended and holding his hat. The 'Jackson County Journal' (Sylva, N.C.) estimated that a crowd numbering from 7,000 to 10,000 witnessed the motorcade. A number of the buildings in the town's commercial center had been constructed in the 1920s and early 1930s by the time this photograph was taken. Businesses visible in the picture include Moore's Cleaners, Sylva Supply, Sylva Pharmacy, Velt's Caf�, Stovall's Caf�, and the Leader Department Store. The photographer's name is unknown.

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Drs. McGuire Collection

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

9/9/1936

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5" x 7"(dimension)

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