Postcard, Dixie Sight Seeing Cars at Point Park

Postcard

Picnooga

2022.101.004 Recto

Postcard for the Dixie Sightseeing Company, advertising their fleet in front of the Point Park Gate on Lookout Mountain, Tennessee.

Name/Title

Postcard, Dixie Sight Seeing Cars at Point Park

Entry/Object ID

2022.101.004

Description

Halftone postcard showing the fleet of touring automobiles from the Dixie Sightseeing Company parked in front of the castellated entrance of Point Park on Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. The view shows five large touring cars with uniformed drivers parked in a line in front of the stone gate. The information on the verso reads "Dixie Sight Seeing Cars at Point Park Gate | On Lookout Mt., Chattanooga, Tenn." | This gate was erected by the Government in 1905 as a | suitable entrance to historical ground which was first oc | cupied by Confederate Artillery but after the "Battle above | the clouds" by U.S. troops under Gen. Hooker. Sigh Seeing Cars leave from hotels daily."

Subject Person/Organization

Dixie Sight Seeing Company

Subject Place

Location

Point Park

City

Lookout Mountain

County

Walker County

State/Province

Georgia*

Country

United States of America

Collection

Postcard Collection

Postcard Details

Place Published

City

Chattanooga

County

Hamilton County

State/Province

Tennessee

Country

United States of America

Date Published

circa 1915

Printer

Curt Teich and Company