NATURAL BRIDGE STATE PARK KENTUCKY, BALANCED ROCK, Trail Scene, CLINE REAL PHOTO

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atural Bridge State Resort Park is a Kentucky state park located in Powell and Wolfe Counties along the Middle Fork of the Red River, adjacent to the red River Gorge Geologic Area and surrounded by the Daniel Boone National Forest.  Its namesake natural bridge is the centerpiece of the park.  The natural sandstone arch spans 78 ft. and is 65 ft. high and was carved by the natural process of weathering formed the arch over millions of years.  the park is approximately 2,300 acres of which approximately 1,200 acres is dedicated as a nature preserve.
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he park was founded as a private tourist attraction in 1895 by the Lexington and Eastern Railroad.  In 1910 Louisville and Nashville Railroad acquired the land when it purchased the Lexington and Eastern Railroad and in 1926, L&N turned over its approximately 137 acres to the Kentucky State Park Commission, making the Park one of Kentucky’s original four state parks when that system was established the same year.
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atural Bridge has several unique sandstone rock formations, including the Balanced Rock.  This is a huge block of sandstone balanced on the edge of a cliff near the Bridge.  In the early days of the Park, it was called the Sphinx because, when viewed from the correct angle, it crudely resembles the Sphinx in Egypt.  Although it is now called the Balanced Rock, it is in fact a pedestal rock, a single piece of stone that has weathered in such a fashion that its midsection is narrower than its cap or its base.
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he real photo card is a "W.M. Cline", A photo studio that published Linens and Photochome view-cards of the South. Most of their cards depicted scenes of Tennessee and North Carolina with quite a few of Cherokee Indians. The studio also issued a large series of real photo postcards with white borders.  Metropostcards
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t is in good condition with some wear on both the upper right and lower corners which are bent.  There is also some staining in the upper right section but the card is generally in good with a clear image of the Balanced Rock on Trail #2.  There is some staining on the reverse but not as drastic as on the scan.
The colors on the images are a more neutral B&W than the scan
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