Name/Title
Group Photograph, Umbrella RockEntry/Object ID
2020.263.001Description
A photograph mounted on a large card showing a man, a woman, a young girl, and their mountain guide on Umbrella Rock atop Lookout Mountain, Tennessee.The woman, sitting midway up the formaiton, is wearing a dark skirt with a white blouse and hat. The young girl and man are sitting on the top of the formation, with the tour guide standing below, wearing a dark uniform and cap.
In the margin is handwritten:
"Umbrella Rock
Lookout Mountain Tenn.
Aug. 1906"
The verso reads "Kathleen" at the top, center
Perched atop Point Lookout, Umbrella Rock is one of the most famous locations in the Chattanooga area. This unusual geological formation consists of several large stones topped by a large, flat slab. The rock has hosted innumerable visitors over the years, perhaps most famously Ulysses S. Grant. Formerly a popular location for photographs, erosion has made it unstable and it is now closed to the public.Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Gelatin PrintSubject Person or Organization
UnidentifiedSubject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
Umbrella Rock, Point Lookout, Point Park, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military ParkCollection
Lookout Mountain CollectionMade/Created
Date made
8/1906Place
* Untyped Place
Point Lookout, Point Park, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military ParkCopyright
Type of License
No Copyright - United StatesRestrictions
Credit Chattanooga Historical Society
Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only