Browse Collections (14 total)

During the early 20th century, Asheville was a hotbed of medical tourism, and people seeking treatment for tuberculosis would visit to obtain the…

Please note most of Borne’s depictions of African Americans are racist caricatures. Borne's cartoons provide a window into institutionalized societal…

Drop your plow, gather up some corn and potatoes, and sit back and enjoy this select set of cartoons on agriculture

A hunter, a debutante, a damsel in distress, or a poker player, check out the many ways Borne personified Asheville.

Are these cartoons from yesterday's paper or one hundred years ago in Asheville? Check out this collection to see how some things never change.

Take a look at how the artist represented himself in this complete set of Borne self-portraits

Explore any presidential race by searching “Election of 1908,” “Election of 1924,” etc. The three-way race in the “Election of 1912” makes this set of…

Take a swim in the Aston Park pool, enjoy some baseball at McCormick Field, catch some vaudeville, or attend the Rhododendron Festival in these…

It is never easy to be a mother, but that might have been especially true in early 20th century Asheville based on these cartoons.

Don’t let all of the modern breweries fool you, Asheville voted for city-wide prohibition in 1907, and the state of North Carolina followed suit in…