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Lindsey's Guide Book to Western North Carolina
(1890)

Special Collections F259 .L75

Cover of Lindsey's Guide Book to Western North Carolina, 1890
D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, UNC at Asheville 28804
Title Lindsey's Guide Book to Western North Carolina
Alt Title Lindsey's Guide Book
Identifier http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/books/lindseys_guide_book/default_lindseys_guide_book.htm
Creator Thomas H. Lindsey
Subject Keyword Asheville, N.C.  ; hotels ; travel and tourism ; Asheville, NC ;  Cloudland Hotel ; Battery Park Hotel ; Hot Springs Hotel ; Alexander's  ;   Buck Hotel ;  ;  Haywood County ; Waynesville, NC ;
Subject LCSH Lindsey, Thomas H
Mountains -- North Carolina
North Carolina, Western -- Guidebooks
Asheville (N.C.) -- Guidebooks
Asheville (N.C.) -- Description and travel
Hot Springs (N.C.)
Asheville (N.C.) -- History -- Pictorial works
Asheville (N.C.) -- Architecture
North Carolina -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works
Date Date original: 1890 ; Date digital: 2007-02-10
Publisher Asheville, N.C. The Randolph-Kerr Printing Co., 1890 ;  [Digital Publisher] D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, 2007.
Contributor

 
Type Source type: Photographs ; Text 
Format 92, xiv p. illus., fold. map, plates. 16 cm
Source Special Collections F259 .L75    
Language English
Relation E.M. Ball Photographic Collection, UNCA ; Lindsey and Brown Photograph Collection, North Carolina State Archives, Division of Historical Resources, Raleigh, N.C ; "Stripes But No Stars" postcard held by the University of Virginia http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma02/amacker/photo/education.html is a unique item in Lindsey's repertoire, and may depict convict laborers on the railroad near Asheville ;
Coverage late 1800's/early 20th century [ 1881?] ; 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 Specialm Collections purchase
Description A small 98 page book that describes travel in western North Carolina at the end of the 1880's. It might be described as a booklet, as the size of the item is only 16 cm. in height. The small work intended to be carried by travelers,  includes photographs, drawings, and descriptions of the most visited locations in the western region of North Carolina. It represents one of the earliest comprehensive travel guides for the region and is often referred to by travelers during the year surrounding the turn of the century. The narrative itinerary is supplemented by illustrations and photographs of the area.
Acquisition Purchase. 2007
Citation Lindsey's Guide Book to Western North Carolina,  D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Processed by Special Collections staff,  2007
Last update 2008-03-15
Biography Thomas H. Lindsey
Context Lindsey and Brown (Thomas H. Lindsey & E. E. Brown) are listed in the City Directory of Asheville as having a photography business in 1890 at S.E. Court Plaza. In 1892 they are still listed as partners in the business.

According to information associated with the publication of "Land of the Sky." Thomas H. Lindsey was in Asheville at 57 S. Main as early as 1887. By 1890 he is listed as a partner with E.E. Brown, a relationship that apparently continued until approximately 1896 when he is listed as the sole owner of a photography business at S. Court Square in Asheville. However, reference to the partner, E.E. Brown, missing from photographs after 1893.  By 1899 Lindsey had established his business to 14 S. Main, Asheville, which is roughly the same location as S. Court Square, today known as "Pack Square." In 1900 his address was S. Court Square, corner of Main and he calls his business, "Lindsey's Art Parlors." In 1904 he is listed as "Lindsey & Co.", and his location has shifted again, this time to 22 S. Main, in Asheville, an address he retained until 1907. In 1909 he apparently relocated to 18 N. Pack Square [formerly Court Square] and he is listed as "Lindsey and Company." Just who partnered with Lindsey is not known.  The "Lindsey & Company"  name and address persisted until 1910, at which time no further reference to him is found and it is presumed that his business ceased.

Most Lindsey photographs are stamped on the reverse with a wood-engraving stamp of the studio name. His preferred subject is the natural scenery of western North Carolina and his early catalog included in this little booklet, list many of his views by negative number.  The cost of these views of western North Carolina were listed as $2.50 per dozen, or .25 cents each.

 [See: North Carolina Collection - North Carolina Photographers through 1910 , http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/pcoll/phgrs.html.]

Pages 1-50  (FULL TEXT)
Pages 51-100 (FULL TEXT)
  Supplemental Information  - Asheville 1880-1890
  Lindsey-Brown Photographic Catalog
  Advertisements - I - XII
CONTENTS (In alphabetical order)
  LOCATION PAGE
 

Asheville ................................................................................

13
  Alexander's............................................................................. 48
  Arden Park..............................................................................  54
  Altitudes ................................................................................ 70
  Beaucatcher Mountain............................................. .............. 28
  Chimney   Rock...................................................................... 44
  Cherokee Indians................................................................... 66
  Comparative Mortality Among Consumptives......................... 75
  'Caesar's Head....................................................................... 56
  Distances and Railroad Fare........................ .......................... 72
 

Elk Mountain  ......................................................................

32
  Fruit Growing ........................................................................ 28
  ''Fernihurst",  Connally's ....................................................... 30
  French Broad River...................:............................................ 37
  Franklin ................................................................................ 53
  Gouche's Peak....................................................................... 31
 

Gombroon ...........................................................................

61
  Hot Springs....................................;...................................... 40
  Hickory Nut Gap......................................................... .......... 43
  Highlands............................................................................... 52
  Hendersonville ...................................................................... 55
  Mount Mitchell....................................................................... 59
  Mount Pisgah ........................................................................ 50
  Paint Rock............................................................................. 41
  Places of interest first inside cover............................................ first inside cover
  Richmond Hill ........................................................................ 30
  Racing Waters—Poem .......................................................... 37
  Round Knob ......................................................................... 41
  Roan Mountain....................................................................... 48
  Rainfall................................................................................... 74
  Swannanoa Drive .................................................................. 32
  Swannanoa River—Poem...................................................... 33
  Sulphur Springs.......................................................................  35
  Skyland Springs..................................................................... 58
  Sunset Drive.......................................................................... 29
  Smith's Mountain .................................................................. 29
  The "Land of the Sky" ............................................................  3
  Town Mountain ..................................................................... 29
  Tahkeeostee ......................................................................... 32
  Temperature...................................... ................................... 74
  Waynesville ........................................................................... 51
  Weaverville............................................................................ 36
  BETWEEN PAGES ....[illustrations]  
  [Asheville Female College, see p. 11] lind_il_0006.jpg (292295 bytes)
 
  Battery Park Hotel ............................................. lind_il_0009.jpg (222642 bytes)
28—29
  French Broad Valley............................................

[French Broad Valley Below Asheville]

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4—5
  French Broad from Richmond Hill.......................

[View of French Broad River From Richmond Hill]

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30—31
  Gombroon ..........................................................

[Gombroon, Home of Senator Zebulon Vance]

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60— 61
  Grand Central Hotel............................................

[Grand Central Hotel, Asheville]

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16—17
  Hickory Nut Gap..................................................

[Hickory Nut Gap and Broad River]

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42—43
  Mount Mitchell ..................................................

[Mount Mitchell, Altitude 6,717 Feet]

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58—59
  Mountain Park Hotel..........................................

[Mountain Park Hotel, Hot Spring, N.C.]

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40—41
  [Oakes Hotel] ................................................... lind_il_0012.jpg (176265 bytes)
lind_il_0012
  Oakland Institute ................................................ lind_il_0015.jpg (254619 bytes)
48—49
  Post Office and Custom House ............................

[The New Federal Building, Asheville, NC]

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24—25
  South Main Street ...............................................

[South Main Street, Looking North]

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12—18
  Scene on the Swannanoa...................................... lind_il_0011.jpg (253664 bytes)
34—35
  Swannanoa Hotel................................................ lind_il_22_23.jpg (175974 bytes)
22—23
  View on Court Square .........................................

[Court House Square and Fire Company]

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8—9
  Winyah House ..................................................... lind_il_0003.jpg (181044 bytes)
10—11