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Friday, August 07, 2015 / Published in Exhibits, Local History

Where Did Tourists Buy Asheville Souvenirs?

The North Carolina Room, Pack Memorial Library currently has on exhibit through September, four exhibit cases highlighting Asheville Tourism Souvenirs. Of course, the exhibit set us on a research binge, trying to find out all that we could about the local souvenir trade and how it developed. This is the fourth of an ongoing series, sharing
AshevilleAsheville Tourism SouvenirsLambert & Murray Co.rhododendron souvenirsrustic souvenirs
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Friday, July 17, 2015 / Published in Exhibits, Local History, Post Card Collection

Asheville Tourism Souvenirs–1890’s-1950’s

    The North Carolina Room, Pack Memorial Library currently has on exhibit through September, four exhibit cases highlighting Asheville Tourism Souvenirs. Of course, the exhibit set us on a research binge, trying to find out all that we could about the local souvenir trade. This is the second of an ongoing series, sharing some of the
Arthur M. FieldArthur M. Field JewelryAsheville Tourism Souvenirs
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015 / Published in Exhibits, Local History

Summer + Vacation = Souvenir

Who can go on vacation and return home without some sort of souvenir? Not me: though I’m happy with a free shard of wave-tossed sea glass, better yet I like to make a special purchase of something-or-other to commemorate a trip. When I was a five-year-old, on a summer visit to Cherokee, someone bought me
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