Image ID: FHS5069
Digital Image Size (inpixels):  500 x 317 pixels
Image Scan Resolution:300 dpi
Original Image Size: 8 1/16" x 10" B/W print
Image Title: [Biltmore Forest Fair, 1908.]
Image Caption: Incoming guests are greeted at Biltmore Plaza by Dr. Schenck.

[In 1908 Carl Alwin Schenck (1868-1955) organized a three-day forest fair on George Vanderbilt's estate in Asheville, North Carolina, to help demonstrate the accomplishments and possibilities of practical forestry. The event was well-attended by botanists, forest engineers, lumbermen, furniture manufacturers, state foresters, statesmen, editors, paper company representatives, university professors, and others.]
Image Date: [1908]
Photographer: [unknown]
Use Restrictions: Permission from the Forest History Society required for any use of this image.
Repository Contact Information: Forest History Society, Inc.; 701 William Vickers Ave., Durham, NC 27701; Tel.: (919) 682-9319; Fax: (919) 682-2349.