Western North Carolina:: A Visual Journey Through Stereo Views and Photographs (Images of America) - Softcover

Massengill, Stephen E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0738501042 ISBN 13: 9780738501048

Verlag: ARCADIA PUB (SC), 1999

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Few places in the United States can compare to the natural beauty and grace of Western North Carolina, a combination of picturesque mountain ranges, rolling foothills, and lush valleys. At the turn of the century, the visual splendor of the Appalachians and clean mountain air drew thousands upon thousands of visitors, including a large number of photographers, to the region's many health resorts, hotels, hiking trails, and small towns. Like explorers of old, these photographers went out into the North Carolina wilderness carrying their bulky photographic contraptions and glass-plate negatives in hopes of sharing its spectacular scenes with the rest of the nation. Using cameras equipped with twin lenses mounted about 2.5 inches apart, which created almost identical images, these photographers created

stereoscopic views, or stereo views--double images placed on a rigid card--which were then viewed through a hand-held stereoscope and resulted in the person experiencing a three-dimensional effect. In Western North Carolina: A Visual Journey Through Stereo Views and Photographs, you will see these professional photographers' hard work, a wonderful collection of images capturing the unspoiled beauty of the region, such as pictures of waterfalls, rivers, forests, and mountain ranges; views of local people at work and at play; snapshots of early railroad construction; and panoramas of the growing

mountain communities, such as Bakersville, Hot Springs, Lenoir, Old Fort, Hendersonville, and Asheville.

Biografía del autor

North Carolina public historian Stephen E. Massengill, author of Durham and Around Southern Pines, has compiled an extraordinary collection of views that highlights the photographic vision of these pioneering men: Rufus Morgan, William T. Robertson, Nathaniel W. Taylor, Balduin Von Herff, Thomas H. Lindsey, and Edward E. Brown. For residents of the Tar Heel State and its many tourists, Western North Carolina: A Visual Journey Through Stereo Views and Photographs is a wonderful treasure of vivid, compelling images that truly gives today s generation a glimpse into yesteryear s Land of the Sky.

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• Verlag: ARCADIA PUB (SC)
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0738501042
• ISBN 13: 9780738501048
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 96