W.R. Trivett, Appalachian Pictureman: Photographs of a Bygone Time

by Ralph E. Lentz II and W.R. Trivett

W.R. Trivett (1884-1966), a farmer born in Watauga County, North Carolina, was also a self-taught professional photographer who left behind an invaluable collection of more than 400 glass plate negatives taken between 1907 and the late 1940s in the Beech Mountain community of neighboring Avery County. Along with the photographs (105 are reproduced herein), a collection of Trivett's personal papers survive, revealing very enlightening information...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786409274
• ISBN13: 9780786409273
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.1" x 10.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher