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Airplane view of Asheville, NC, circa 1930

Subjects
Aerial Views & PanoramasMountains & HillsTown & City Views
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Airplane view of Asheville, NC, circa 1930, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of Airplane view of Asheville, NC, circa 1930, c. 1930 linen postcard
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About this postcard

An airplane view looks down on downtown Asheville, North Carolina, with its grid of commercial blocks, a domed courthouse-like building, and taller office towers set against the Blue Ridge Mountains under a pale sky. Asheville is billed as "In the Land of the Sky," a nickname tied to the drifting clouds, frequent sunshine, and mile-high mountain panorama that define the region. The city's high plateau setting made it a railroad and resort center, and by the 1920s it had a substantial downtown of Art Deco and Beaux-Arts buildings, much of which survives.

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PublisherAsheville Post Card Co.
AIRPLANE VIEW OF ASHEVILLE, N. C. "IN THE LAND OF THE SKY" Situated upon a high mountain table-land 2300 feet above the sea, and commanding a sweeping panorama of mile-high mountains, Asheville occupies perhaps the most beautiful setting of any city in America. The drifting clouds touching the summits of the mountains and the many days of sunshine, have given to the Asheville region its distinctive title, "The Land of the Sky."
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PublisherAsheville Post Card Co.
SeriesA-1 E-6703
ConditionVery good
Place depictedAsheville, NC
NotesLinen-textured stock with a white border; printed card number E-6703 at lower right and series code A-1 at upper left. No postmark — unused card. Divided-back linen-textured card with white border; printed Asheville Post Card Co. imprint; dealer mark T150 in pencil at top center.

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Airplane view of Asheville, NC, circa 1930, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/airplane-view-of-asheville-nc-circa-1930. Accessed November 2, 2026.