“NORTH CAROLINA LAKES-- Many sky blue bodies of water are found over North Carolina and through the efforts of the State they have been set aside as recreational centers for the public. Camps and resorts dot their shores for pleasure or study.”

Source: Image and caption from "North Carolina Lakes," postcard NC 15 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.