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President Roosevelt Speaking at the Dedication of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial
TitlePresident Roosevelt Speaking at the Dedication of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial
CaptionThe following inscription appears on the plaque of this memorial: "For the permanent enjoyment of the people, this park was given one half by the peoples and states of North Carolina and Tennessee and by the United States of America, and one half in memory of Laura Spelman Rockefeller by the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial, founded by her husband, John D. Rockefeller." Published by Asheville Post Card Co., Asheville, N.C. E-4772.
CreatorTennessee State Department of Conservation
PublisherAsheville Post Card Co., Asheville, N.C.
DescriptionView of former President Franklin D. Roosevelt standing at a podium that is covered in red, white, and blue fabric, at a stone memorial surrounded by tree-covered mountains. A crowd of people is seated behind him. The card is numbered N-414, and "Photo by Tenn. State Dept. of Conservation" is printed on the face of the card.
Dateca. 1940
Subject (tgm)Public speaking
Crowds
Presidents
Podiums
Mountains
Monuments
Subject - NameRoosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)
Subject - TopicalPostcards -- North Carolina
Subject - GeographicNewfound Gap (N.C.)
Swain County (N.C.)
Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)
Original FormPostcard
LanguageEnglish
Physical Description of Original89 mm x 140 mm
Medium of OriginalPaper
Collection in RepositoryNorth Carolina Postcard Collection (P052); collection guide available online at http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/pcoll/52postc.html
Local IdentifierP052; Accession number 30450
Citation"President Roosevelt Speaking at the Dedication of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial", North Carolina Postcard Collection (P052), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
Digital CollectionNorth Carolina Postcards
RepositoryNorth Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
HostUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
CopyrightPublic domain.
filenameP052-101-0013.tif
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