Young birch on stump

Young birch on stump

Birch

Roots (Botany)

A birch tree is growing on an old stump. Note the roots extending down to ground. As the stump decays and falls away, the birch will be left “on stilts.” 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

1935-10-13

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negatives (photographs)

eng

StillImage

74289

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

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

Sevier County (Tenn.)

4.5" x 2.75"(dimension)

Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America