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Johnson City (Tenn.) -- Pictorial works

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Ridley Wills East Tennessee Postcard Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AppMs-0847
Scope and Contents

Ridley Wills began collecting Tennessee postcards in the 1930s, eventually amassing some 30,000 postcards. In 2015, he began distributing them to regional institutions. The cards in this collection represent landmarks in East Tennessee, especially in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and in Carter, Greene, Johnson, Sullivan, Washington and Unicoi Counties. There are images of schools, churches, hotels, towns, railroads, scenery and more.

Dates: 1906-1996, undated