W.R. Trivett, Appalachian Pictureman
Photographs of a Bygone Time
Ralph E.
Lentz II
ISBN
978-0-7864-0927-3
105 photos, appendix, notes, bibliography, index
176pp.
softcover
(7 x 10)
2001
Available for immediate shipment
Description
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 over 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 about his life in the mountains. This work—the fourth in McFarland’s continuing series of Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies—carefully examines Trivett’s life and photographs, comparing his work to that of contemporary outside photographers who often produced stereotypical images of mountain people. Through Trivett’s images we can, by contrast, see the everyday reality for most people in rural Appalachia.
About the Author
Ralph E. Lentz II is an instructor of history at Appalachian State University, Caldwell Community College, and Lees-McRae College. A native of Watauga County and resident of Blowing Rock, North Carolina, Lentz also pursues interests in painting, drawing and other graphic arts.
Reviews
“Exhaustively researched...extensive notes”—The North Carolina Historical Review
“A pleasure”—Our State
“Insightful...informative”—Watauga Democrat
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