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FHS280th

Image ID: FHS280
Digital Image Size (in pixels): 300 x 243 pixels
Image Scan Resolution: 75 dpi
Image Date: [no date]
Image Title: [Biltmore Forest Fair, 1908.]
Image Caption: Horses and horse-drawn carriages with top-hatted drivers conveyed the guests from Tip to Tip [at this three-day event organized by Carl Alwin Schenck (1868-1955). The purpose of the fair was to demonstrate the accomplishments and possibilities of practical forestry as evidenced by the forest management techniques employed on George Vanderbilt's Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina].
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.