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Genuine Photographs from Rock City Gardens & Fairyland Caverns

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Rock City Gardens is one of the south’s oldest and most popular natural attractions. Just six miles from downtown Chattanooga, Tenn., Rock City is an enchanted, 4,100-foot walking trail showcasing soaring rock formations and lush gardens that include over 400 species of wildflowers and plants. Other features include the Swing-A-Long Bridge that spans nearly 200 feet and the lookout point at Lover’s Leap where you can “See Seven States” while standing over the 140-foot waterfall that cascades down Lookout Mountain. More than half a million people from all over the world visit this nostalgic attraction each year, making memories worth repeating.

The attraction opened in 1932 by Garnet and Frieda Carter, and was made known partially due to the barn advertising campaign Carter initiated. A sign painter named Clark Byers was hired to travel the nation’s highways and offer to paint farmer’s barns in exchange for letting them paint three simple words: See Rock City. The distinctive black-and-white signs appeared as far north as Michigan and as far west as Texas. The advertising soon began to produce the desired effect and, by the close of the 1930’s, more travelers than ever had seen Rock City Gardens.

I am not sure when I first acquired this set of photos- obviously it is an incomplete set seeing that I have only 9 of the 10.

 

 


I found any number of vintage postcards of rock city gardens over on eBay

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#tbt Retro postcards! 1 of I don’t know how many

Our Lady of Sorrows Convent and High School,
Our Lady of Sorrows Convent and High School, Tulsa Provincial Motherhouse of the Sisters of Her Sorrowful Mother, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma Photo by Bob Hawks, Inc, Henry McGrew Printing circa 1981 (Person used a first class Rachel Carson 17 cent stamp to mail)
Powell Street Cable Cars
Powell Street Cable Cars Busy cable cars climb the steep, terraced Powell Street Hill at twilight time, San Francisco, CA Smith Novelty Company, 460-9th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 Mike Roberts Color Productions 1981
Aerial View of the Syracuse University Campus, Syracuse, NY Pub by the Wm. Jubb Co., Inc. Syracuse NY Plastichrome by Colourpicture Publishers, Inc. Boston 15, Mass USA Circa prior to 1963
The Golden Dome A main landmark in Ogdensburg, NY is the Edgar Allan Newell Field House, a sports arena which was dedicated in 1972. Nicknamed the “Golden Dome” because of its golden geodesic roof, the building is adjacent to Ogdensburg Free Academy where it is used for athletic activities including hockey, figure skating, and indoor track. The Dome is used by the Community for large scale concerts and exhibitions related to the annual observance of International Seaway Festival Week. Pub. by Betty Steele photography, Ogdensburgh, NY 13669


1929 SYRACUSE NEW YORK Syracuse University Panoramic View Post Card #1895 | eBay

Circa 1906 Leather Postcard SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY Lady with Pennant RARE | eBay