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Grove Park Inn - "In the Land of the Sky"

"In the Land of the Sky Grove Park Inn " [cover]
D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, UNC at Asheville 28804
Title "In the Land of the Sky", Grove Park Inn
Identifier  
Creator Grove Park Inn
Subject Keyword Grove Park Inn ; Asheville, NC ; tourism ; travel ; Land of the Sky ; Battery Park Hotel ; archery ; hotels ; inns ;  Lake Ashnoca ; Pisgah National Forest ; Beaver Lake ; Lake Tahoma ; Mt. Mitchell ; dogwood ; Lake Lure ; Great Smoky Mountain National Park ; Charles Schwab ; Harvey Firestone ; George F. Baker ; Mount Pisgah and the Rat ; Devil's Head ; Hickory Nut Gorge ; Buttermilk Falls ; tuberculosis ;
Subject LCSH Grove Park Inn (Asheville, N.C.)
Asheville (N.C.) -- History -- Pictorial works
Asheville (N.C.) -- Architecture
North Carolina -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works
Asheville (N.C.) -- Description and travel
Date 2004-04-20
Publisher D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville
Contributor

George Masa [?], photographer
Type Source type: Photographs ; Text 
Format image/jpeg/text
Source SpecColl
Language EN=English
Relation E.M. Ball Photographic Collection, UNCA ;  LeCompte Postcard Collection ; Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa - Welcome ;  Grove Park Inn Finest Resort in the World, UNCA ; Grove Park Inn - "In the Land of the Sky" (after 1917) , UNCA ; .Biltmore Industries,  UNCA ;
Coverage after 1917 ; Asheville, NC
Rights Any display, publication or public use must credit D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville.
Copyright retained by the authors of certain items in the collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Donor unknown
Description  An 18 page pictorial guide to the Inn and to the region's scenic locations. Prepared for tourism and travel probably after 1917.
Acquisition Is part of the Frank Coxe Collection.
Citation
Processed by Special Collections staff,  Erica Ojermark, 2004
Last update 2004-04-14

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Grove Park Inn Page no. Description Thumbnail
Cover  

[front & back]

 [Cover, front and back] 
page 1 "A glimpse of Asheville from the Grove Park Inn Bridle Trail Along the Crest of Beaucatcher Mountain."
page 2 "Intimate views of Grove Park Inn 1. Main building from the Golf Course 2. and 3. East and West Terrace Porches 4. Section of Dining Room."
page 3 "View of the tennis Courts and Golf Course from West Terrace of Grove Park Inn. 2. Large Fireplace in "the Big Room." 3. Section of Lobby. 4. Main Dinging Room. 5. Indoor Patio.
page 4 "1. TENNIS MATCH AT ASHEVILLE COUNTRY CLUB. GROVE PARTK INNN AND SUNSET MOUNTAIN IN THE BACKGROUND 2. ARCHERY TEAM FROM CAMP GREYSTONE."
page 5 '1. SHELL RACING AT LAKE ASHNOCA  2. HORSEBACK RIDING AT GROVE PARK INN  3. TROUT FISHING IN PISGAH NATIONAL FOREST."
page 6 "1. WATER PAGEANT AT LAKE CRAIG. ONE OF FIFTEEN LAKES IN ASHEVILLE AND VICINITY  2. OLYMPIC SWIMMING CHAMPIONS AT BEAVER LAKE  3. WATER SPORTS AT LAKE TAHOMA."
page 7 "NEW CLUBHOUSE OF THE ASHEVILLE GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB. ONE OF FIVE GOLF COURSES NEAR GROVE PARK INN."
page 8 "MOUNT MITCHELL, THE HIGHEST PEAK IN EASTERN AMERICA, FEATURE OF A POPULAR MOTOR TOUR FROM GROVE PARK INN."
page 9-10 "DOGWOOD GROVE IN THE BEAUTIFUL PARK WHICH SURROUNDS GROVE PARK INN.'
page 11 "BOATING AT LAKE LURE, ON A GROVE PARK MOTOR TOUR THROUGH THE CHIMNEY ROCK COUNTRY."
page 12 "VIEW OF NANTAHALA GORGE FROM MOTOR HIGHWAY TO THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK."
page 13 "REGULAR VISITORS AT GROVE PARK INN INCLUDE MANY INTERESTING PERSONALITIES OF INTERNATIONAL PROMINENCE.  ABOVE: MR. CHAS. M. SCHWAB AND MR. HARVEY S. FIRESTONE."
page 14 "MR. GEORGE F. BAKER CELEBRATING A BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY ON THE GOLF COURSE AT GROVE PARK INN."
page 15 "MOUNT PISGAH AND THE RAT. ALWAYS IN VIEW FROM THE WEST TERRACE OF GROVE PARK INN."
page 16 "'DEVIL'S HEAD', LOOKING DOWN UPON THE MOTOR HIGHWAY THROUGH HICKORY NUT GORGE."
page 17 "BUTTERMILK FALLS IN PISGAH NATIONAL FOREST. NOTE THE FIGURE OF THE MAN ON THE LOWER LEDGE, ABOVE THE POOL."
page 18 "HORSEBACK RIDERS ON WOODLAND TRAIL OVER SUNSET MOUNTAIN, NEAR THE GROUNDS OF GROVE PARK INN."
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