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Tuesday, April 16, 2019 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, Buncombe County History, Local History, Photograph Collection, Post Card Collection, Postcard Collection

Catawba Grapes and Scenic Views of Old Charlotte Highway in Cane Creek: 52 Weeks 52 Communities

It’s hard to say exactly where the Cane Creek community begins and ends. Maybe the area between the Limestone and Fairview fire districts? Is it a mile-wide corridor along the entire length of Cane Creek stretching plumb from South Asheville nearly to Gerton? It’s really hard to say, but however you want to describe the
52 Weeks 52 CommunitiesCane CreekCatawba GrapesEphraim ClaytonFairviewFairview Community History ProjectFox GrapeGertonLambert ClaytonLimestoneOld Charlotte HWYRural CommunitiesRural HistorySouth AshevilleSpecial CollectionsTweed's ChapelUS 74-AVance Pollock
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Tuesday, December 11, 2018 / Published in Architecture, Asheville History, Buildings, Post Card Collection, Quirks & Kerfuffles

Strange, But True…..

On July 10, 1932 that headline began an article in The Asheville Citizen-Times. What follows is the column in its entirety. One of the new Adirondack cabins now being brought to Asheville and vicinity by the Consolidated Realty corporation ready to erect, has been opened at Lake Lure at the intersection of the state highway
Grove Arcade rooftop cabinLake Lure Cabin
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Thursday, August 30, 2018 / Published in Local History, Post Card Collection

The Tale of Big Boy

In mid-June of 1939 a yellow-trimmed, red trailer home equipped with air conditioning, 2 sound systems, and electric lights rolled into downtown Asheville. Emblazoned on the sides of the trailer were the words “Big Boy“. The following advertisement appeared in the local newspaper. Big Boy was born in Black Mountain in 1934 as the only
Big Boy the hoghogs
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Thursday, July 26, 2018 / Published in Asheville History, Buildings, Buncombe County History, Photograph Collection, Post Card Collection

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Mystery

On a recent morning I was sorting postcards to sell from my collection. I came upon a card that mystified me. Truth be told, many a postcard makes me wonder why I chose to buy that particular card.  Was it for the winsome portraits of children or the phrase “Metropolitan Tabernacle” that made me purchase
A. C. DixonAsheville First BaptistFirst Baptist ChurchMetropolitan Tabernacle
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Wednesday, June 13, 2018 / Published in Asheville History, Forgotten People, Local History, Post Card Collection, Quirks & Kerfuffles

A “Shadow” Mystery

I bought this silhouette of an unknown gentleman many years ago. It’s pasted onto what is known as a trade card. Trade cards were often distributed by businesses, in this case an artist’s business, as an early form of advertising. Trade cards, like postcards, have their ardent collectors. There are a few other trade cards
AshevilleAsheville HistoryJohn Wesley NicholsSilhouette Trade CardsSilhouettes
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Tuesday, May 22, 2018 / Published in Asheville History, Buncombe County History, Local History, Post Card Collection, Postcard Collection

Wondering on the Wrong Road

When I began collecting postcards I was tantalized with views of Point Lookout. Every time I drove up or down Old Fort Mountain I wondered “Where was Point Lookout’? After driving up and down I-40/U.S. 70 for fifty years, comparing what I saw through the windshield with what I had seen in postcards,  I  finally
Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. RaglePoint LookoutPoint Lookout TrailSally the Bear
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018 / Published in Asheville History, Buncombe County History, Local History, Post Card Collection, Postcard Collection, Uncategorized

Glen Inglis Defunct City Ghost Town Buncombe County North Carolina Postcard 1908

I love an intriguing, if not hyperbolic description of an item on eBay like the one I stumbled on the other day.  I couldn’t resist the allure of a “ghost town” in Buncombe County, let alone one named Glen Inglis. I placed my bid, even without being able to decipher the postmark in the photo.
AshevilleAsheville mapsBuncombe CountycommunitesGlen InglisNorth Carolina RoomPack Memorial Librarypost cards
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Monday, April 02, 2018 / Published in African Americans, Asheville History, Buildings, Buncombe County History, Forgotten People, Post Card Collection

Professor J.H. Michael’s Early Work to Further the Education of Black Teachers–Asheville 1915-1921

John Henry Michael was born in Alabama in 1867. He was the son of Robert Lee and Martha Michael. J.H. Michael graduated from the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama and from Branch Normal of Pine Bluff, Arkansas. (1) He married Lela B. in 1895. Michael was hired in 1901 to serve as principal of Asheville’s Catholic
African American EducationAsheville's Black CommunitiesHill Street SchoolIsaac Dickson SchoolJ.H. MichaelJeanes FundJohn Henry MichaelSummer School For Colored TeachersWinston-Salem Teachers College
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Thursday, March 22, 2018 / Published in Asheville History, Buildings, Local History, Photograph Collection, Post Card Collection, Uncategorized

Jimmie’s Waffle Shop

Mention Paradise Chinese Restaurant, The Hot Shot, or The Silver Dollar and folks of a certain age (including yours truly) can wax eloquent on southern-fried chicken at the Paradise or after-the-bars-closed biscuits and gravy breakfasts at the Hot Shot. I think I might have enjoyed the menu in the paneled interior of Jimmie’s Waffle Shop
76 Haywood StreetAsheville HistoryAsheville Shrine ClubGeorge KeritsisGross RestaurantJames KeritsisJimmie's Waffle Shop
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