Record #:

22269

Author(s):

Elliston, Jon

Abstract:

Long before there were websites and e-mails, travelers who wanted to send home pictures of where they were relied on postcards. In 1914, Lamar LeCompte started the Asheville Post Card Company in Asheville. His products cost a penny to purchase and another penny to mail. The cards also helped launch the region as a tourist destination. The company closed in the late 1970s, but the postcards live on in books, articles, archives, museums, and online collections.

Source:

WNC Magazine (NoCar F261 .W64), Vol. 6 Issue 4, June 2012, p64-71, il

Subject(s):

LeCompte, Lamar Campbell, 1890-1977; Postcards--North Carolina, Western; Asheville Post Card Company