Tennessee Valley and River from Lookout Mountain

Object/Artifact

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Picnooga

2022.072.001 Detail

2022.072.001 Detail

Name/Title

Tennessee Valley and River from Lookout Mountain

Entry/Object ID

2022.072.001

Description

A lantern slide image of the Tennessee Valley from Lookout Mountain. The hand tinted glass slide is taken from near the top of Lookout Mountain and shows the valley below. In the background, Moccasin Bend, downtown Chattanooga, and Ross' Towing Island can be seen. The slide is labeled with off-white labels. The one on the left reads "New York State Education Department | Visual Instruction Division | Negative No. 14139". The label on the right reads "Dt | Tf 2 | Tennessee. View North from Lookout Mountain: Tennessee River, City of Chattanooga (right), Edge of Cumberland Plateau (1919)" Structures seen on the hillside are Cravens House, the Ohio State monument, New York State monument and other homes in the vicinity of Caroline Street on Lookout.

Collection

Lookout Mountain Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1919

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

New York State Education Department