West Point and Balsam Point

Dublin Core

Title

West Point and Balsam Point

Subject

Landscapes
Mountains

Description

West Point (L) and Balsam Point (R), both part of the Mount LeConte massif, as seen from the platform in the “saddle” between Bull Head and Balsam Point. Note “laurel slick” in the center. 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.

Creator

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

Source

Carlos C. Campbell Collection

Date

1935-10-20

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Format

negatives (photographs)

Language

eng

Type

StillImage

Identifier

74314
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/74314

Spatial Coverage

Balsam Point (Tenn.)
Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)
Sevier County (Tenn.)
West Point (Tenn.)

Extent

2.75" x 4.5"(dimension)

Is Part Of

Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America

Citation

Campbell, Carlos C. (Carlos Clinton), 1892-1978, “West Point and Balsam Point,” OAI, accessed June 15, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/74314.