Bird's-eye view of Round Knob. W.N.C.R.R. / sketched by Horace Bradly; engd. & printed. by C.G. Crawford, N.Y. – Antique Map Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Bird's-eye view of Round Knob. W.N.C.R.R. / sketched by Horace Bradly; engd. & printed. by C.G. Crawford, N.Y., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Bird's-eye view of Round Knob. W.N.C.R.R. / sketched by Horace Bradly; engd. & printed. by C.G. Crawford, N.Y.
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The panorama shows Round Knob as a hotel-and-railroad scene, a bird's-eye view that makes a single peak the center of a larger promotional landscape. Its title credits the W.N.C.R.R., the Western North Carolina Railroad, whose line carried travelers and freight through the Blue Ridge in the 1880s and drew resort development to the mountains. Horace Bradley sketched the view, and the print was engraved and printed by C.G. Crawford of New York, with the copyright held by T.H. Bomar. Such prints were meant to sell a destination, so the tidy rail lines, hotel and open terrain show what promoters hoped visitors would find.
| Created / published | c1884. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Bird's-eye view prints 1880-1890.Landscape prints 1880-1890.Lithographs Color 1880-1890. |
| Notes | 16692P U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted by T.H. Bomar. |
| Subjects | Mountains--United States--1880-1890. Railroads--United States--1880-1890. Hotels--United States--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,440 × 1,151 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217088 |
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