Jim Thompson preparing his camera

Description

Jim Thompson sets his lens, ready to record the beauty of Cold Spring Mountain located where Madison County, North Carolina meets Greene County, Tennessee. This image was taken looking south halfway between “Big Rock” (state line corner) and “Big Butt.” The latter is seen in the center. The photographer, Carlos C. Campbell (1892-1978), was a founding member of the Smoky Mountain Hiking Club (est. 1924) and a charter member of the Great Smoky Mountains Conservation Association (est. 1923). Campbell was an avid hiker and often assisted Jim Thompson with his camera equipment. When Campbell won a folding camera in 1935, he began his own photography journey, taking thousands of photographs and jotting down information about each one in small notebooks. His granddaughter, Rebecca Campbell Arrants, donated this collection of photographs and notebooks from 1934 - 1940 to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Details
- Creator
  - Campbell, Carlos C. (Carlos Clinton), 1892-1978
- Format
  - Negatives (photographs)
- Type
  - StillImage
- Date
  - Date original: 1934-09-10
- Extent
  - Dimension: 3.25" x 4.25"
- Subject - Topic
- Location
  - Greene County (Tenn.)
  - Madison County (N.C.)
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Source Collection
  - Carlos C. Campbell Collection
- Identifier
  - GSMNP_208328_0367
- Repository
  - Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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