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1932 Bryson City High School graduating class
WCU - Picturing Appalachia
1932 Bryson City High School graduating class
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1935 Western Carolina Teachers Collage diploma for James Arnold Hyde
WCU - Highlights from Western Carolina University
1935 Western Carolina Teachers Collage diploma for James Arnold Hyde
1935-06-04 -
1940 flood in Bryson City
WCU - Picturing Appalachia
1940 flood in Bryson City
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1940 Flood in Cullowhee
WCU - Picturing Appalachia
1940 Flood in Cullowhee
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1940 football coaches
WCU - Western Carolina University: Making Memories
1940 football coaches
1940 -
3 men outside the Cradle of Forestry Visitor Center
UNCA - Forestry in Western North Carolina
3 men outside the Cradle of Forestry Visitor Center
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(3 of 4) Clothes washing reenactment
UNCA - Forestry in Western North Carolina
(3 of 4) Clothes washing reenactment
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(4 of 7) Inside the Black Forest Lodge
UNCA - Forestry in Western North Carolina
(4 of 7) Inside the Black Forest Lodge
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50th anniversary celebration
WCU - Western Carolina University: Making Memories
50th anniversary celebration
1939-10-28 -
#73 engine going across the Tallulah Gorge bridge
WCU - Picturing Appalachia
#73 engine going across the Tallulah Gorge bridge
1939-07-09 -
#73 engine going through Tallulah Gorge
WCU - Picturing Appalachia
#73 engine going through Tallulah Gorge
1939-07-09 -
A bear cub at CCC camp in Elkmont
WCU - Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America
A bear cub at CCC camp in Elkmont
1935-07-12 -
A. Ben Hall demonstration
WCU - Craft Revival
A. Ben Hall demonstration
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A bend in Cave Creek
UNCA - Forestry in Western North Carolina
A bend in Cave Creek
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A. C. Morgan orchard on Apple Pie Ridge
WCU - Picturing Appalachia
A. C. Morgan orchard on Apple Pie Ridge
1940-04-11 -
A child and three adults on wooden structure
WCU - Picturing Appalachia
A child and three adults on wooden structure
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A clearing in the woods
UNCA - Forestry in Western North Carolina
A clearing in the woods
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A cutover area on National Forest lands
UNCA - Forestry in Western North Carolina
A cutover area on National Forest lands
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A defense against charges of colorism in the life and selected works of Zora Neale Hurston
WCU - Western Carolina University Restricted Electronic Theses and Dissertations
A defense against charges of colorism in the life and selected works of Zora Neale Hurston
2006 -
A family inside the CFA Visitor Center
UNCA - Forestry in Western North Carolina
A family inside the CFA Visitor Center
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A group of men outside a building in Asheville, 1958.
UNCA - Isaiah Rice Photograph Collection
A group of men outside a building in Asheville, 1958.
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A group of men standing outside
UNCA - Isaiah Rice Photograph Collection
A group of men standing outside
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A group of women gathered in someone's house, Asheville, NC
UNCA - Isaiah Rice Photograph Collection
A group of women gathered in someone's house, Asheville, NC
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A History of the Monteith Family, as told by Elise Monteith Terrell
UNCA - Forestry in Western North Carolina
A History of the Monteith Family, as told by Elise Monteith Terrell
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A. J. Trantham and Sally
WCU - Canton Champion Fibre Company
A. J. Trantham and Sally
1958 -
A Last Look - many memories
WCU - Highlights from Western Carolina University
A Last Look - many memories
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A logger and his work horses
UNCA - Forestry in Western North Carolina
A logger and his work horses
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A. M. and Mary Bennett home
WCU - Picturing Appalachia
A. M. and Mary Bennett home
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A. M. and Mary Charlotte Bennett
WCU - Picturing Appalachia
A. M. and Mary Charlotte Bennett
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A portable Sawmill in Pisgah Forest
UNCA - Forestry in Western North Carolina
A portable Sawmill in Pisgah Forest