"This snapshot of the Peaceful Side of the Smokies, near Maryville, was taken by Bayard Wootten (1875-1959). Wootten was a pioneering female photographer from North Carolina who became the first woman to serve in the North Carolina National Guard as “Chief of Publicity.” In this role, she used her photography to raise public awareness and support for the Guard. Wootten was also among the first women in the U.S. to take aerial photographs. Throughout her career, she produced over a million images."
So... that naturally sent me to look up Bayard Wootten and, wow, isn't THAT interesting: (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayard_Wootten). "When her husband Charles Wootten abandoned her for the Gold rush she returned home to New Bern to support her two sons by painting flowers on china and fine dresses. She even taxidermied animals including an American alligator which is in the Berlin Museum of natural history." 😳 Wow.
Keep in mind that she didn't get the right to vote until 1920. Unbelievable.
Wow, she was one busy woman!! Thank you for searching this photo. Something about the Maryville name was odd to me though. I know of a Maryville (no 's'), because I've been there, but it is in Tennessee. I couldn't find a Maryville in VA but there is a MarySville. Marysville VA is 237 miles from Norton, and Maryville TN is 161 miles from Norton. So...comparing the two postcards, they have used the same photo for "Mountain Scene near Norton, Virginia and another postcard titled In the Smoky Mountains near Maryville, Tennessee. My postcard has no photographer credit on front or back. A little handy-dandy photo switching going on there!
Well, I can't claim any personal recollection of this lovely bucolic scene, but I've still gone some search game 😉 I learned on smokymountains.org (www.smokymountains.org/the-early-20th-century-on-the-peaceful-side-of-the-smokies-through-postcards/) ...
"This snapshot of the Peaceful Side of the Smokies, near Maryville, was taken by Bayard Wootten (1875-1959). Wootten was a pioneering female photographer from North Carolina who became the first woman to serve in the North Carolina National Guard as “Chief of Publicity.” In this role, she used her photography to raise public awareness and support for the Guard. Wootten was also among the first women in the U.S. to take aerial photographs. Throughout her career, she produced over a million images."
So... that naturally sent me to look up Bayard Wootten and, wow, isn't THAT interesting: (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayard_Wootten). "When her husband Charles Wootten abandoned her for the Gold rush she returned home to New Bern to support her two sons by painting flowers on china and fine dresses. She even taxidermied animals including an American alligator which is in the Berlin Museum of natural history." 😳 Wow.
Keep in mind that she didn't get the right to vote until 1920. Unbelievable.
Wow, she was one busy woman!! Thank you for searching this photo. Something about the Maryville name was odd to me though. I know of a Maryville (no 's'), because I've been there, but it is in Tennessee. I couldn't find a Maryville in VA but there is a MarySville. Marysville VA is 237 miles from Norton, and Maryville TN is 161 miles from Norton. So...comparing the two postcards, they have used the same photo for "Mountain Scene near Norton, Virginia and another postcard titled In the Smoky Mountains near Maryville, Tennessee. My postcard has no photographer credit on front or back. A little handy-dandy photo switching going on there!
Oh, interesting!