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Title Festival in the Park
Date June 13, 1970
Description The image shows adults and children who are sitting at or standing around a picnic table in a side wall canopy tent. There are models arranged on the picnic table, including a covered wagon and a stage coach, and one of the women around the table holds out a model of a train. There is also a building in the background. The photograph was taken by Robert G. Bruce on June 13, 1970. It was captured at Elmwood Park in Roanoke, Virgina, which is near milepost 121.4 section 1N on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Location Location Name: Elmwood Park
Parkway Milepost: 121.4
Latitude: 37.2673595
Longitude: -79.9392043
Creator Individual Robert G. Bruce
Tags Festivals
People
Photographs
Roanoke County (Va.)
Roanoke (Va.)
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway