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Waiting For the Vanderbilts and Pisgah Forest

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Item information

Title:
Waiting For the Vanderbilts and Pisgah Forest
Description:
These are two photographs mounted on an album page. One photo is of a group of men awaiting the Vanderbilts. The other photograph is a view of Pisgah Forest. [Left] Saddle horses and men incl. Ranger Ely H. Potter waiting for a Vanderbilt party at Dr. Schenck's summer residence in The Pinkbeds at Pisgah Forest. [Left] The bald top of Lookingglass Rock offers a grand view over Pisgah Forest."
Topics:
Forestry
Original Format:
Mounted photograph
Kallitype
Extent:
4 1/2 x 3
Item identifier:
schenck-outing_nd_img4
Created Date:
circa
Location:
Pink Beds (Pisgah National Forest, N.C.)
Pisgah National Forest (N.C.)
Digital Project:
Manuscript Collections