Old Smoky
Rating
Title
Old Smoky
Caption
"Old Smoky " is one of the most unusual and entertaining Tourist attractions in the Smokies . Adults and children enjoy the one mile ride through the "Great Swamp " with a real old-fashioned "live steam " engine with all the sound effects and smoke of old-time railroading . Located on U.S . Highway 19 two miles east of Cherokee , N.C . 34504 K Stephens Press , Inc. , Asheville , N.C .
Publisher
Stephens Press, Asheville, N.C.
Description
View of a tourist train , with a conductor and passengers . A small station and several parked cars are visible in the background . A visible sign reads , "Old Smoky. "
Date
ca. 1940-1960
Subject (tgm)
Railroads Tourists
Subject Topical
Postcards--North Carolina.
Subject Geographic
Cherokee (N.C.) Swain County (N.C.)
DCMI Type
Image
Form General
Postcards
Language
English
Physical Description of Original
89 mm x 139 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;3-441
Citation
"Old Smoky" 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
P077-3-441.tif
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