Luther M. McCurry Collection
P79.6
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives
- Title
- Luther M. McCurry Collection
- ID
- P79.6
- Date [inclusive]
- 1910-1925
- Extent
- 0.1 Linear feet ; 1 folder
- Physical Description
- Seven partially faded photographic prints of Asheville, NC, in the early early 20th century. Prior to donation, the prints had been mounted on card, and then removed, causing some damage on the rear of the prints.
- Location Note
- Located in Special Collections, row 10, section 3
- Language
- English
Preferred Citation
Luther M. McCurry Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville
Scope and Contents
A small collection of photographs of Asheville at the turn of the 20th century collected by the McCurry family.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives
Ramsey Library, CPO # 1500One University Heights
Asheville, North Carolina, 28804-8504
828.251.6645
speccoll@unca.edu
Rights
No restrictions. Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Donor
Luther M. McCurry
Processing Information
Originally processed by Southern Highlands Research Center staff, 1979. Further processing by Special Collections staff, 2001. New finding aid by Colin Reeve, October 2016
Collection Inventory
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Photographs |
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Riverside Park, Asheville, before 1916 flood. Taken from Bingham Hill, west of the river, and showing Gorman Bridge. [mcc1] |
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Two oxen and wagon on South Main Street, now Biltmore Avenue. Man of wagon thought to be Wiley Black, who owned a bar on the corner of Eagle Street. [mcc2] |
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Three oxen and wagon on South Main Street, now Biltmore Avenue, just off Pack Square. [mcc3] |
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Last of Battery Park Hill removal and Battery Park Hotel, 1924. [mcc4] |
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Broadway and Pack Square during WWI victory celebration. H.W. Pelton photographer. [mcc5] |
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Asheville City Hall, (late 1920's). [mcc6] |
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Willis Overland car outside First Baptist Church, at College & Spruce Streets, H.W. Pelton photographer, 1919. [mcc7] |
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