“RUGGED MOUNTAIN SCENERY-- North Carolina ranks high in scenic beauty among the Southern States. Its rugged mountains form panoramas of splendor and are covered with valuable timber.”

Source: Image and caption from "Rugged Mountain Scenery," postcard NC 13 in Variety Vacation Land, Raleigh, N.C.: Department of Conservation and Development, [1939]. North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. VCp917 N87c.