RPPC, Firemen on Umbrella Rock

Postcard

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Picnooga

2020.216.001 Recto: Black and white photographic postcard showing twelve men posing on Umbrella Rock.
2020.216.001 Recto

Black and white photographic postcard showing twelve men posing on Umbrella Rock.

Name/Title

RPPC, Firemen on Umbrella Rock

Entry/Object ID

2020.216.001

Description

A postcard with the front showing a photograph of several men standing and sitting on Umbrella Rock atop Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. Six of the men are wearing flat conductor-style hats. There is a gentleman standing to the right, below the rock, who appears to be taking a photograph of the valley below. A sign at the bottom left describes The Battle of Wauhatchie that took place in the valley below. 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.

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Umbrella Rock, Point Lookout, Point Park, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park

Collection

Lookout Mountain Collection

Postcard Details

Date Published

circa 1900

Copyright

Type of License

No Copyright - United States

Restrictions

Credit Chattanooga Historical Society Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only