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Description:

Benton MacKaye, who was first to propose the Appalachian Trail, poses for a photo along the Trail near Newfound Gap in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on September 24, 1933.

Collection:

Builders


Date:

09/24/1933

Creator:

Albert Gordon (Dutch) Roth, 1890-1974

Subject

Benton MacKaye

Contributor

Jonathan Gammon

Format

Black and white photograph scanned from a 4"x6" negative.

Source:

Great Smoky Mountains Regional Project, The University of Tennessee Libraries, Knoxville Tennessee

Rights

Copyright (c) 2003. The University of Tennessee Libraries. All Rights Reserved.

Citation

Albert Gordon (Dutch) Roth, 1890-1974, “Benton MacKaye on the Appalachian Trail near Newfound Gap,” Appalachian Trail Histories, accessed November 14, 2024, https://appalachiantrailhistory.org/items/show/350.

Geolocation

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