Forest History Society Photograph Collection Sample Images: Biltmore Forest School / FHS5070th

Image ID: FHS5070
Image Date: [1908]
Image Title: [Biltmore Forest Fair, 1908.]
Image Caption: Mrs. Schenck's picnic in the wilderness provided lovely hostesses, rest, food, and conversation.

[In 1908 Carl Alwin Schenck (1868-1955) organized a three-day forest fair on George Vanderbilt's estate in Asheville, North Carolina, to help demonstrate the accomplishments and possibilities of practical forestry. The event was well-attended by botanists, forest engineers, lumbermen, furniture manufacturers, state foresters, statesmen, editors, paper company representatives, university professors, and others. This was the Tinsley Home, a stop on the Forest Fair tour.]
Photographer: [unknown]
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