The “Opera Box” at Chimney Rock – North Carolina (1929)

Mr. C. S. Kagey lived in East Canton, a village in Stark County of east central Ohio.  

The village, founded in 1807, is east of the city of Canton.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Canton,_Ohio

In August of 1929, Mr. Kagey received a postcard from M. A. Jackson.

It seems that Mr. Kagey was the proprietor or an employee of a family business; the postcard is addressed in care of Kagey Lumber Company.

(A quick internet search reveals that this lumber company was involved in litigation in the 1950’s and that the site it once occupied in East Canton is now devoted to other purposes.)

The face of the postcard is a drawing of the “Opera Box” at Chimney Rock Mountain.

The large gap in the cliff face does resemble the shape of an opera box -albeit one with an enormous (and ominous) slab of rock for a ceiling.

From the Wiki, I have attached a fair-use photograph of the view from the Opera Box.

Chimney Rock Mountain is a granite mount in the Piedmont Region of the Appalachian Mountains, about 25 miles southwest of Asheville.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimney_Rock_State_Park

In the early 1900’s, the mountain was in a small private park – and the area around Chimney Rock Mountain only became part of the North Carolina State Park system in 2007.

(The attraction of the rugged mountain has a tragic aspect -there have been numerous deaths at the site.)

The postcard was mailed from Asheville, North Carolina which was a popular summer resort for many vacationers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville,_North_Carolina

The Asheville Post Card Company published the card.

On the reverse, M. A. reports “very, very beautiful scenery around here”.

Unfortunately, the trip was ending.

The writer adds, “starting back home today.”

One hopes that Mr. Kagey was pleased by the beautiful scene and that the postcard sender returned home safely.

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