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"The Loop" on Newfound Gap Highway, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, circa 1940

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Mountains & HillsNational & State Parks
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Linen
Front of "The Loop" on Newfound Gap Highway, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, circa 1940, linen postcard
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Back of "The Loop" on Newfound Gap Highway, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, circa 1940, linen postcard
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An elevated view looks down on "The Loop," the spiral road that carries the Newfound Gap Highway (U.S. 441) through dense forest in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, with a stone-faced culvert visible where the road passes beneath itself. The loop was built in the 1930s as part of the New Deal-era road program that opened the crest of the Smokies to motor traffic between Tennessee and North Carolina. The card's linen texture and Curt Teich production number date it to the mid-20th century.

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PublisherCline Studios
204 "The Loop" on Newfound Gap Highway, Great Smoky Mountains National Park (C) Copyright W. M. Cline 65679 --- This view was taken from the peaks of the Chimney Tops. The Loop is one of the many spectacular engineering features of the Newfound Gap Highway. PUBLISHED ONLY BY CLINE STUDIOS, CHATTANOOGA, TENN. "TICHNOR QUALITY VIEWS" REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. MADE ONLY BY TICHNOR BROS., INC., BOSTON, MASS. POST CARD PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE MADE IN U.S.A
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PublisherCline Studios
Series204
ConditionVery good
Place depictedGreat Smoky Mountains National Park, TN
NotesWhite border; visible linen crosshatch texture; production number 65679 at lower right; copyright line at lower left. No postmark; card is unused and unaddressed. Linen-texture card with white border; back is undivided, carrying only printed caption and publisher imprints. Light toning and a few foxing spots on the cream stock.

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"The Loop" on Newfound Gap Highway, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, circa 1940, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-loop-on-newfound-gap-highway-great-smoky-mountains-natio. Accessed October 25, 2026.