Photograph Collection 27.1
Collection: William L. Flourney, Jr., Postcard Collection,
ca. 1949-1984
Physical Description: 296 chrome era postcards (including 2 black
and white), 2 color accordian folders, and 1
advertising card. The size of the postcards
range from the standard 3£ x to approximately
6x9. The advertising card is 2
3/8
x 3
3/4.
Acquisition: Donated by William L. Flourney, Jr., 520 Polk Street,
Raleigh, North Carolina 27604, on October 2, 1986;
accessioned by the Archives on November 25, 1986.
Description: The collection contains postcards showing North Caro¬
lina scenes primarily of tourist attractions from the
coast and the mountains. The only non North Carolina
subjects are the North Carolina Monument at Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania, and a few scenes of the Tennessee-North
Carolina border in the Great Smoky Mountains National
Park. The collection is arranged alphabetically by
town and place name and range from Asheville to
Wrightsville Beach. There are a few miscellaneous
postcards at the end of the collection.
Box No.
27.1
Contents
"TJ Asheville , Plaza Hotel Court, n. d.
2) Asheville, Biltmore House, Oak Sitting Room, ca. 1965.
3) Asheville, Biltmore House, Napoleon's Chessmen and
Table, ca. 1 963.
4) Asheville, Biltmore House, Mrs. Vanderbilt's Bedroom.
ca. 1965.
5) Asheville, Biltmore House, The Organ Gallery, ca. 1963.
6) Asheville, Biltmore House, Louis XV Bedroom, ca. 1962.
7) Asheville, Biltmore House, ca. i960.
8) Asheville, Biltmore Gardens, ca. I960.
9) Asheville, Thomas Wolfe Memorial, n. d.
10) Atlantic Beach, John Yancey Motor Hotel, n. d.
11) Atlantic Beach, n. d.
12) Bath, St. Thomas Church, ca. 1969.
13) Bath, Palmer-Marsh House, ca. 1969.
14) Bath, Palmer-Marsh House, n. d.
15) Bath, Palmer-Marsh House, Kitchen, n. d.
16) Bath, Palmer-Marsh House, The Ruth Cannon Room, n. d.
