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Scene from top of Sunset Mountain, Asheville, NC, 1938

Subjects
Forests & TreesMountains & Hills
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1938 (Linen)
Front of Scene from top of Sunset Mountain, Asheville, NC, 1938, Mrs Svoboda, MI, USA, c. 1938 linen postcard
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Back of Scene from top of Sunset Mountain, Asheville, NC, 1938, Mrs Svoboda, MI, USA, c. 1938 linen postcard
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About this postcard

Looking out from the summit of Sunset Mountain, the view crosses rolling green hills and distant blue ridges under a pastel sky, with trees framing the foreground. At 3,117 feet, the summit stands nearly a thousand feet above Asheville and within easy walking distance of Grove Park Inn, the resort hotel that drew early twentieth-century visitors to the mountain city. A 1938 visitor wrote that the train trip took 19 hours and that the scenery was "just like Čechy + Switzerland combined," with fir trees and woods all around even though Asheville was a city.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

true Took us 19 hours by train to get here. It's just like Čechy + Switzerland combined. Mountains on all sides right from window + so high - fir trees & woods all around although its a city. Will write a letter next all about it. love Helen Posta

PublisherAsheville Post Card Co.
689 SCENE FROM TOP OF SUNSET MOUNTAIN, ASHEVILLE, N. C. Altitude 3117 48269 © --- SCENE FROM TOP OF SUNSET MOUNTAIN, NEAR GROVE PARK INN, ASHEVILLE, N. C. Sunset Mountain near Grove Park Inn, has an altitude of 3117 feet. The Summit is in easy walking distance of the Inn, and is nearly one thousand feet above and overlooking Asheville. The scenery in every direction is superb, and to the tourist and pleasure seeker it is a haven of rest. POST CARD THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY ASHEVILLE POST CARD CO., ASHEVILLE, N. C. C. T. AMERICAN ART COLORED
PostmarkedAsheville, NC, October 12, 1938, 17:30
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Addressed to
Mrs Svoboda

16315 Fog Cabin Detroit, MI

Postcard record

Postmarked, Asheville, NC
PublisherAsheville Post Card Co.
Series689
ConditionVery good
Place addressedMrs Svoboda, 16315 Fog Cabin, Detroit, MI
Place mentionedSunset Mountain, Asheville, NC
Place mentionedAsheville, NC
PublisherAsheville Post Card Co., Asheville, NC
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, issued 1938, perforated on all sides
NotesLinen texture; white border; printed altitude label; series number 689; production number 48269; © symbol bottom left. Postmark: ASHEVILLE N.C. OCT 12 5 30 PM 1938. Divided-back linen card with white border; light edge wear and slight toning, small stain near stamp.

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Scene from top of Sunset Mountain, Asheville, NC, 1938, postcard, c. 1938. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/scene-from-top-of-sunset-mountain-asheville-nc-1938. Accessed November 2, 2026.