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Rock City Gardens postcards and printed ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: CHC-2015-073

Scope and Contents

This collection contains postcards, decals, brochures, and other printed materials promoting tourism to Rock City Gardens, a tourist attraction on Lookout Mountain, Georgia in the greater Chattanooga, Tennessee area. Materials in the collection date from 1932-1974, and also include a menu and postcards from the Alamo Plaza Hotel Courts, a motel that operated on South Broad Street in Chattanooga.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1930-1970

Language of Materials

This collection contains materials in English.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

3.52 Linear Feet (3 containers)

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was deposited with the Chattanooga History Center on an unknown date by an unknown source. The Chattanooga History Center donated this collection to the Chattanooga Public Library and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on 2017 June 12.

Existence and Location of Copies

Digital reproductions of the collection are available electronically at https://digital-collections.library.utc.edu/digital/collection/p16877coll12/.

Processing Information

Processing of this collection is complete

Subject

Title
Rock City Gardens postcards and printed ephemera
Status
Completed
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Collection Area Details

Part of the Chattanooga History Collections Collection Area

Contact:
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Library
c/o Special Collections
600 Douglas Street
Chattanooga Tennessee 37403 United States