Product Description
14 page booklet from 1953 'Sightseeing With The Swayzes Through Vacationland America, Great Smoky National Park Region Tour'. 'John Cameron Swayze, NBC Star of Camel News Caravan and his family' spend a week visiting the Great Smoky Mountains National Park area in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky.
The booklet has a day by day record of the Swayze family's 7-day visit to various cities and attractions in the Smokies. Day 1: Winchester Virginia, Skyline Drive, Skyline Caverns, Blue Ridge Parkway, Shenandoah Valley, Lexington; Day 2: Natural Bridge, Peaks of Otter, North Carolina; Day 3: Linville, Little Switzerland, Mt. Mitchell, Asheville, Cherokee; Day 4: Newfound Gap Highway; Day 5: Lake Hiwassee, Lake Santeetlah, Knoxville; Day 6: Oak Ridge, Museum of Atomic Energy, Norris Dam; Day 7: Cumberland Gap, Middlesboro.
Photos include John Cameron Swayze and his family, Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina, Virginia's Skyline Caverns, Picknicking in the Smokies, Natural Bridge, Rhododendrons in full bloom, Blue Ridge Parkway, Lake Santeetlah on U.S. 129
The booklet also has 4 pages of advertisements for Fram Filters for cars and Fram Corporation which is the sponsor of the booklet.
The booklet is in very good condition but it has 2 small 1/4" tears on the back cover edges (see photos). Size is 5"x7".
Product Description
14 page booklet from 1953 'Sightseeing With The Swayzes Through Vacationland America, Great Smoky National Park Region Tour'. 'John Cameron Swayze, NBC Star of Camel News Caravan and his family' spend a week visiting the Great Smoky Mountains National Park area in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky.
The booklet has a day by day record of the Swayze family's 7-day visit to various cities and attractions in the Smokies. Day 1: Winchester Virginia, Skyline Drive, Skyline Caverns, Blue Ridge Parkway, Shenandoah Valley, Lexington; Day 2: Natural Bridge, Peaks of Otter, North Carolina; Day 3: Linville, Little Switzerland, Mt. Mitchell, Asheville, Cherokee; Day 4: Newfound Gap Highway; Day 5: Lake Hiwassee, Lake Santeetlah, Knoxville; Day 6: Oak Ridge, Museum of Atomic Energy, Norris Dam; Day 7: Cumberland Gap, Middlesboro.
Photos include John Cameron Swayze and his family, Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina, Virginia's Skyline Caverns, Picknicking in the Smokies, Natural Bridge, Rhododendrons in full bloom, Blue Ridge Parkway, Lake Santeetlah on U.S. 129
The booklet also has 4 pages of advertisements for Fram Filters for cars and Fram Corporation which is the sponsor of the booklet.
The booklet is in very good condition but it has 2 small 1/4" tears on the back cover edges (see photos). Size is 5"x7".