George Vanderbilt Hotel brochure

George Vanderbilt Hotel brochure

Hotels

Mountain tourism

Promotional materials

Tourist maps

This brochure titled, “The George Vanderbilt in Asheville, N. C. is ‘Tops’” includes photographs taken by George Masa (1885-1933). The brochure, created in the late 1920s, includes maps, information about the George Vanderbilt Hotel, and the Asheville area. Established in 1922 as a franchise of the American Automobile Association, the Carolina Motor Club published many tourist brochures for the region. This item is from the Hart Masa Collection, a collection of photographs, publications, postcards, correspondence, and ephemera related to the life and work of photographer George Masa. Known for his iconic images of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and his advocacy for the creation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Masa also produced commercial work for private businesses, publishers, news services, and other entities. The Hart Masa Collection was assembled by donors William A. Hart, Jr., and Alice Huff Hart, who provided much of the contextual information for the items in this collection.

American Automobile Association

Hart Masa Collection

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brochures

publications (documents)

eng

StillImage

73234

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/73234

Asheville (N.C.)

Buncombe County (N.C.)

5(pages)

9" x 4"(dimension)

George Masa Collection