John Oliver's cabin

John Oliver's cabin

This cabin with a fence around it was built in Cades Cove around the 1830s by the owner’s grandfather, both named John Oliver. Ekaneetlee Gap is barely visible behind the cabin. 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

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