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Greetings from Tennessee — State Views
- Date
- c. 1940s
- State
- Tennessee
- Category
- Old Tennessee
- Format
- Postcard
A domed building, wooded hills, and water fill the letters. A waterfall spreads beyond the lettering in the foreground, making the landscape part of the greeting itself.
Mountain scenery became part of Tennessee’s tourism identity as the Great Smoky Mountains National Park took shape. The Tennessee State Museum documents how the park brought new visitors while land acquisition displaced mountain residents. The waterfall on this postcard belongs to that broader tradition of selling a destination through its scenery.
Sources
- Tennessee State Museum · Painting the Smokies
- Original postcard, front and back · Crumb Paper Archive
- Newberry Library · History of large-letter postcards