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On the Top of Mount Mitchell, N. C., 6711 Feet, "Highest Peak East of Rocky Mountains," Showing Observatory and Government Weather Station

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Title	On the Top of Mount Mitchell, N. C., 6711 Feet, "Highest Peak East of Rocky Mountains" Showing Observatory and Government Weather Station
Caption	Asheville Post Card Co., Asheville, N.C. "C.T. American Art" Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.
Publisher	Asheville Post Card Co., Asheville, N.C.
Description	View of a three-story rock building with an American flag on top. Several people are on top of the tower, while others stand on the ground below. The card is numbered 428 and 120453.
Creation Date	1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920; 1921; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929; 1930
Date	ca. 1915-1930
Subject (tgm)	Astronomical observatories Flags Towers
Subject Topical	Postcards--North Carolina.
Subject Geographic	Mitchell, Mount (N.C. : Mountain) Mount Mitchell State Park (N.C.) Yancey County (N.C.)
DCMI Type	Image
Form General	Postcards
Language	English
Physical Description of Original	90 mm x 141 mm
Medium of Original	Paper
Collection in Repository	Durwood Barbour Collection of North Carolina Postcards (P077); collection guide available online at http://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/P0077/
Local Identifier	P077;8-466
Citation	"On the Top of Mount Mitchell, N. C., 6711 Feet, 'Highest Peak East of Rocky Mountains,' Showing Observatory and Government Weather Station" in Durwood Barbour Collection of North Carolina Postcards (P077), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
Digital Collection	North Carolina Postcards
Repository	North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Host	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Copyright	Public Domain
filename	P077-8-466.tif

On the Top of Mount Mitchell, N. C., 6711 Feet, "Highest Peak East of Rocky Mountains," Showing Observatory and Government Weather Station

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