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| Title | Vichity [Vicinity] of Roanoke, Va. |
| Title Note | View taken from proposed centerline of Parkway between Mason's Knob and Buck Mtn. |
| Date | August 1936 |
| Description | This image shows the landscape near Roanoke, Virginia for a section of the parkway under development in 1936, near milepost 126.2 in section 1N of the Blue Ridge Parkway. The photograph looks toward Buck Mountain from the proposed center line of the road. A bridge is visible behind a tree in the left foreground, and the landscape in the mid-ground shows a barn amidst cleared fields. The photograph was taken in August 1936 by A. S. Burns. |
| Location |
Location Name: Milepost 126 Parkway Milepost: 126.0
Latitude: 37.195278
Longitude: -80.0275 |
| Creator Individual | A.S. Burns |
| Tags |
Barns
Buck Mountain (Va.) Farming Landscape Photographs Roanoke County (Va.) Roanoke (Va.) |
| Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |
