Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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| Title | Accommodations folder board at Information Station |
| Date | May 18, 1962 |
| Description | Image shows a roadside information station on US 220, near Roanoke, Va., with a sign titled "Accommodations convenient to the Parkway." The sign includes information on accommodations near the Blue Ridge Parkway, listing the distance via parkway, lodging places, food places, and car service stations. Information pamphlets on the identified areas are provided on both sides of the sign, and include Asheville, N.C.; Boone, N.C.; Galax, Va.; Hendersonville, N.C.; Linville, N.C.; and Waynesville, N.C. Part of a road and trees are visible in the background to the left of the information station. Image taken by Donald H. Robinson on May 18, 1962. |
| Location |
Location Name: Roanoke, Va. Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 37.2709704
Longitude: -79.9414267 |
| Creator Individual | Donald H. Robinson |
| Tags |
Comfort stations
Photographs Roanoke County (Va.) Roanoke (Va.) Signs and signboards |
| Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |
