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Title Grass bay and open forest site before clean-up
Title Note Fine hemlocks and large oaks are concealed by dead trees and scrub growth.
Date October 15, 1937
Description Image shows close-up view of healthy and dead or damaged trees, including hemlock and oak trees. Image taken near milepost 145 and station 497+75 R. in section 1Q of the Blue Ridge Parkway, in Franklin County, Va. Image taken by Malcolm A. Bird on October 15, 1937.
Location Location Name: Milepost 145
Parkway Milepost: 145.0
Latitude: 37.025
Longitude: -80.105556
Creator Individual Malcolm A. Bird
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway