View of detail of fastening redwood plank to concrete posts, seating at amphitheater, Cosby campground, Cosby, TennesseeGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkConstruct campfire circle, Cosby campground, Work Order No. B-54 GRSM. Detail of fastening redwood plank to concrete posts. The nailing block is fastened to concrete post with embedded bolts. The planks are fastened to nailing block with lug bolts from underneath. Completion report photo. Cosby Campground; Campfire Circle; Shelter - Building No. 425, II-A-Amph-7498, Physical Facilities - Minor Structures - Amphitheaters and campfire circles, campground shelters
Bridge No. 3, Newfound Gap HighwayGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkBridge No. 3, Newfound Gap Highway, over West Prong of Little Pigeon River, North side of Park... Downstream elevation, looking east; Work done by US BPR force account, Roads and Trails funds... Completed 1934. Cost: $37,679.68; Eakin investigation photograph,Newfound Gap Highway Bridge No. 3; Little Pigeon River, II-F-(4)-NFG-11086, Physical Facilities - Footlogs and Bridges - Bridges on Newfound Gap Road
Oconaluftee Ranger Station, construction, back and right side, mountains in backgroundGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkConstruction, back and right side. Oconaluftee Ranger Station, II-B-(1)-1491, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Administrative buildings (ranger stations and outbuildings, warden stations, fire towers, checking stations, Geological Survey gauging stations, possession cabin.
Before construction of parking areaGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkBefore construction of parking area... Davenport Gap Parking Area, II-P-Gen-11414, Physical Facilities - Parking Areas - Miscellaneous Parking Areas
Plowers plowing the snow road, Newfound Gap, TennesseeGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkNaturally, the individual pieces of equipment have various limitations, and their specific uses match together to produce a unified snow removal operation over the entire range of elevation from Newfound Gap to Oconaluftee and Sugarlands. Here the V-plow pushes the berm back in an effort to widen the cleared roadway. This plow is the bruiser, the heavy-duty unit. It is large enough to handle the heaviest snow accumulation we have been faced with.Snow Removal; February 1964 Monthly Report, II-R-SR-7885, Physical Facilities - Roads - Snow Removal Operations
Detail of rock work, Great Smoky Mountains National ParkGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkCCC enrollees cut and laid rock on bridges, retaining walls, guard rails, overpasses etc in GRSm.Detail of CCC Rock Work, III-C-CCC-18157
Looking toward bridge site from 55 ft. upstreamGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkSta. 275-10. GS 1077. Looking toward bridge site from 55 ft. upstream; 1/25 - .11 - Bright, Newfound Gap Highway Bridge No. 4; Trout Branch, II-F-(4)-NFG-11088, Physical Facilities - Footlogs and Bridges - Bridges on Newfound Gap Road
Folded rocks on mountain side by roadGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkTaken for use in Exhibit #27 of Sugarlands Visitor Center.A Broken Land; a fault; Folded Rocks, I-G-Gen-5777, Natural Features - Geology - General Views
Mt. LeConte from Cove Mountain TrailGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkMt. LeConte from Cove Mountain Trail. Mt. LeConte, I-A-LeC-4880, Natural Features - Mountains - Views of and from Mt. LeConte
Mill turned by horsepowerGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkThe mill is turned by horse power. The furnace and evaporating pans are under the roof. See Foxfire 3 for the complete description of the sorghum making process.Sorghum Making, III-F-4697, History - Farming - Farming (Sorghum making; bee keeping; haying; orchard; tobacco growing; oxen plowing; clearing land; plowing; pigs with yokes; butchering; mountain farm tanning; coopering)
Plants and men exhibits, Sugarlands Visitor CenterGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkSugarlands Visitor Center Exhibit; Plants and Men"", II-A-Exh-6673, Physical Facilities - Minor Structures - Exhibits
Method of loading explosives in drill holeGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkPictorial Report of Means and Methods of Handling Explosives in Emergency Conservation Camps... Submitted November 27, 1934. Method of loading explosives in drill hole, Dynamiting, IV-Z-13516, Miscellaneous
Bridge construction, Ledge Creek, North CarolinaGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkPin Oak Gap mountain road.Bridge Construction over; Straight Fork, II-F-(3)-9272, Physical Facilities - Footlogs and Bridges - Truck Trail Bridges
Sitting before fireplace, Horace KephartGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkSitting before fireplace in cabin.Kephart, Horace, III-P-16331, History - Mountain People
Close up of ripped tree trunk, Cades Cove, TennesseeGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkRipped tree trunk, bark in shreds. White pine tree, 1.2 miles from gate on Parsons Branch Road, near Cades Cove. Taken for use in Exhibit #15 of Sugarlands Visitor Center.Bear Damage, I-E-Bear-5746, Natural Features - Fauna - Bears
Tree trunk ripped by bear with dark trees in background, Cades Cove, TennesseeGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkRipped tree trunk, bark in shreds. White pine tree, 1.2 miles from gate on Parsons Branch Road, near Cades Cove. Taken for use in Exhibit #15 of Sugarlands Visitor Center. Vertical. Used in exhibit Bear power: titled "Bear Claws."",Bear Damage, I-E-Bear-5748, Natural Features - Fauna - Bears
Three men working on foundation of construction, Frye Mountain Fire Tower Cabin, North CarolinaGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkConstruction: foundation.Frye Mountain Fire Tower Cabin, II-B-(1)-3126, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Administrative buildings (ranger stations and outbuildings; warden stations; fire towers; checking stations; Geological Survey gauging stations; possession cabin
View from flume side, Mingus Mill, North CarolinaGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkView from flume side.Mingus Creek Mill, II-B-(5)-Mingus-15012, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved -Mingus Mill
Group of wooden binsGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkGroup of wooden bins (feed bins?).Bins, III-A-Agric-12250, History - Artifacts - Agricultural Implements
Civilian Conservative Corps enrollees, Cataloochee campGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkWork crew. Collection of CCC negatives donated by John H. Horne, Greenville, NC who was in CCC during summer of 1936.CCC enrollees, III-C-CCC-16843, History - Campgrounds and Picnic Areas - Cataloochee CCC Camp