1938 – 1968: Lake Placid

A summer day at Lake Placid in the Chickasaw State Park in Tennessee.

Our Heritage Collection features curated images of various times and places.

Each has been professionally enhanced in house for the sake of clarity. These images are not AI edited or generated. Images courtesy of the Tennessee State Library & Archives.

Lake Placid in the Chickasaw State Park in Tennessee

Dates: Summer 1938-1950

: 1938

: 1938

: 1938: Miss Mary Duanne McDonald

: 1938: Lifeguard in his canoe

: Park Superintendent Emmett Guy and Ranger Bob Henson writing fishing permits on Lake Placid, Chickasaw State Park at 5:00 A.M. June 1st 1939

: 1938: View of the bath house, beach and Lake Placid

: 1938

: 1938

: 1938: Mr. and Mrs. M. Porter of Jackson, Tennessee

: 1938: C.H. Bolton and his family, of Henderson, Tennessee

: 1938

: 1938

: 1938

: 1938: Billy Kirby of Jackson, Tennessee

: W. Theo Duncan of Jackson, Tennessee

: 1938

: 1948: Loading fish into a special truck for restocking Lake Placid

: 1950

: 1950

: 1950

: 1950

: 1953

: 1968

: 1968

: 1968

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