These postcards depict buildings and scenes from Asheville School, in Asheville, North Carolina. Most were likely published between 1901 (a year after the 1900 founding of the school) and the 1950s; dates listed are based on accepted ranges of publication dates based on back style, or postmark. Click the postcard images to display a larger version of each card.
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Anderson Hall
Undivided Back, 1901-1907
Postmarked 1911
Hackney & Moale Co., Publishers, The H. C. Leighton Co., Portland, ME. Manufacturers. Made in Germany. No. 3617.
Mitchell Hall
Undivided Back 1901-1907.
Hackney & Moale Co., Publishers, The H. C. Leighton Co., Portland, ME. Manufacturers. Made in Germany. No. 3618.
Also published as a Divided Back card, 1907-1915
Hackney & Moale Co., Asheville, N. C., Publishers. Made in Germany. No. 3618.
Mitchell Hall
Divided Back, 1907-1915
Postmarked 1909
124. Pub. by H. Taylor Rogers, Asheville, N. C. Made in Germany.
Asheville School, Asheville, N. C.
Little & Co., N.Y.
Multi-view postcard of four Schools in Asheville
Divided Back, 1907-1915
B-375. Published by Southern Post Card Co., Asheville, N. C.
Pictured are the Asheville School for Girls (top left), Asheville School for Boys (aerial view of Lawrence, Mitchell, and Anderson Halls, top right), St. Genevieve's College (bottom left), and Normal and Collegiate Institute for Girls (bottom right).
(Real Photo Postcard)
AZO Stamp Box, mostly likely dating from 1910-1930
Unfortunately, this card is damaged, but at lower left is labeled "Asheville School" over "23" (1923?), and at lower right "Robinson". Is this the present entrance drive? Or is it on land once owned by the school, in the vicinity of Malvern Hills?
The William Spencer Boyd Chapel
1930s-1940s?
Artvue Post Card Co., 225 Fifth Ave., N.Y.C.
Howard Bement Guest House, Asheville School, Boys Preparatory School, Asheville, N.C.
Postmarked 1950
Anderson Hall, Asheville School, Boys Preparatory School, Asheville, N.C.
late 1940s-early 1950s
Mount Pisgah and The Rat, Western North Carolina
White Border Era, 1916-1930
This postcard is not identified as an Asheville School view, but showns Mount Pisgah from the identical perspective as the following three postcards, from the Bement House gardens. Most likely, the photographic image that served as the basis for this postcard also served as the basis for the next three postcards. The postcard was not postmarked, but was used as an Easter card in a mailed letter.
Photo by Geo. Masa, Asheville, N.C.
Published by the Asheville Post Card Co., Asheville, N.C.
Imported exclusively by K. S. Tanner, Jr, Rutherfordton, N.C.
Made in Switzerland (stamp box text).
Mount Pisgah and The Rat
Linen Era, 1930-1945
"Mount Pisgah and the Rat, as seen from the grounds of the Asheville School for Boys. The name is derived from the shape of the mountain on the left, which when viewed from certain angles resembles a rat. This mountain group is well-known to the visitors in the land of the Sky, and is a prominent landmark on the skyline in this section."
Asheville Post Card Co., Asheville, N.C.
Mount Pisgah and The Rat
Linen Era, 1930-1945
"Mount Pisgah and 'The Rat' as seen from the grounds of Asheville School, Western North Carolina"
Asheville Post Card Co., Asheville, N.C.
Mount Pisgah and The Rat
Linen Era, 1930-1945
"Mount Pisgah and 'The Rat' as seen from the grounds of Asheville School, Western North Carolina"
Asheville Post Card Co., Asheville, N.C.
Mount Pisgah from Asheville School Grounds
Part of a set of 12 views published by Asheville Post Card Co., Asheville, N.C.
1940s?
Walker Arts Center
1986
