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WCU - George Masa Collection

George Vanderbilt Hotel brochure

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  • This brochure titled, “The George Vanderbilt in Asheville, N. C. is ‘Tops’” includes photographs taken by George Masa (1885-1933). The brochure, created in the late 1920s, includes maps, information about the George Vanderbilt Hotel, and the Asheville area. Established in 1922 as a franchise of the American Automobile Association, the Carolina Motor Club published many tourist brochures for the region. This item is from the Hart Masa Collection, a collection of photographs, publications, postcards, correspondence, and ephemera related to the life and work of photographer George Masa. Known for his iconic images of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and his advocacy for the creation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Masa also produced commercial work for private businesses, publishers, news services, and other entities. The Hart Masa Collection was assembled by donors William A. Hart, Jr., and Alice Huff Hart, who provided much of the contextual information for the items in this collection.

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George Masa was a Japanese American immigrant whose photography of Western North Carolina in the early 1900s stands among some of the best. Born in Japan in 1885, Masa immigrate...

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