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George and Edith Vanderbilt in the Pisgah Forest

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Title:
George and Edith Vanderbilt in the Pisgah Forest
Description:
These are two photographs mounted on an album page of the Vanderbilts on an excursion in the Pisgah Forest at Lookingglass Falls. [Left] George W. Vanderbilt on an excursion in the Pisgah Forest, here seated below the grand Falls of Lookingglass Creek. [Right] Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt nee Dresser on an excursion in Pisgah Forest, here seated below the Falls of Lookingglass Creek."
Topics:
Forestry
Subjects:
Streams
Waterfalls
Original Format:
Mounted photograph
Kallitype
Extent:
4 1/2 x 3
Item identifier:
schenck-outing_nd_img3
Created Date:
circa
Names:
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914 more info on Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914 
Vanderbilt, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser, 1873-1958 more info on Vanderbilt, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser, 1873-1958 
Location:
Pisgah National Forest (N.C.)
Digital Project:
Manuscript Collections