A Scene Near Boone, N.C.
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Title
A Scene Near Boone , N.C .
Caption
"Tweetsie " is a Far-Famed Excursion Train This little train carries excursionists and does does a regular passenger and freight business for the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railway between Johnson City , Tenn. , and Boone , N.C . This picture was made as "Tweetsie ", enroute to Boone , stopped in Doe River Gorge to permit excursionists to get a better view of the beautiful and rugged country at that point . Published by Asheville Post Card Co. , Asheville , N.C .
Publisher
Asheville Post Card Co., Asheville, N.C.
Description
View of a sightseeing train at rest in the mountains . The card also reads , "Tweetsie ', Famous Excursion Train on the E.T . & W.N.C . Railway. " The card is numbered N-278 and E-4461 .
Date
ca. 1930-1945
Subject (tgm)
Mountains Railroad cars Railroad observation cars Railroads
Subject Name
Tweetsie Railroad (N.C.)
Subject Topical
Postcards--North Carolina.
Subject Geographic
Boone (N.C.) Watauga County (N.C.)
DCMI Type
Image
Form General
Postcards
Language
English
Physical Description of Original
89 mm x 140 mm
Medium of Original
Paper
Collection in Repository
North Carolina Postcard Collection (P052) ; collection guide available online at http://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/P0052/
Local Identifier
P052 ; Accession number 30450
Citation
"A Scene Near Boone, N.C." Watauga County, in North Carolina Postcard Collection (P052), 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
P052-095-0003.tif
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