Oconaluftee River

Oconaluftee River

Rivers

Rocks

Trees

Looking north on the Oconaluftee River from the swinging bridge in Smokemont, North Carolina at sunset with ½ minute exposure. The photographer is quoted as saying, “How in the world did we keep that swinging bridge still enough for such an exposure?” The photographer, Carlos C. Campbell (1892-1978), was a founding member of the Smoky Mountain Hiking Club (est. 1924) and a charter member of the Great Smoky Mountains Conservation Association (est. 1923). Campbell was an avid hiker and often assisted Jim Thompson with his camera equipment. When Campbell won a folding camera in 1935, he began his own photography journey, taking thousands of photographs and jotting down information about each one in small notebooks. His granddaughter, Rebecca Campbell Arrants, donated this collection of photographs and notebooks from 1934 - 1940 to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Campbell, Carlos C. (Carlos Clinton), 1892-1978

Carlos C. Campbell Collection

1934-06-09

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negatives (photographs)

eng

StillImage

65971

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

Swain County (N.C.)

3.25" x 4.25"(dimension)

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