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Title Convicted vandals repairing sign damage
Date June 1959
Description Image shows two young men crouched over a signboard, which has been removed from its posts. They each have a hand on the board and appear to be scraping or scrubbing one corner of the back of the sign. The image was taken in the Peaks of Otter District of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken at the Harveys Knob Overlook, near milepost 95.3 in Section 1K of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Image taken by Deane Shilts in June 1959.
Location Location Name: Harveys Knob Overlook
Parkway Milepost: 95.3
Latitude: 37.445
Longitude: -79.726667
Creator Individual Deane Shilts
Tags Botetourt County (Va.)
People
Photographs
Scenic overlooks
Signs and signboards
Vandalism
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway