Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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| Title | Gaunt dead chestnut against woods background. |
| Title Note | Several upright and down trees selected to remain for picturesque character. |
| Date | 1937 |
| Description | This image shows a view of the Blue Ridge Parkway under development. A clearing is visible on the right side of the road, in which there is a line of dead chestnut trees. There is a wooded area with live trees behind the chestnut trees. The image was taken near station 1024+75 and milepost 155 in Section 1Q of the Blue Ridge Parkway. The photograph was taken in 1937 by Malcolm A. Bird. |
| Location |
Location Name: Milepost 155 Parkway Milepost: 155.0
Latitude: 36.923516
Longitude: -80.194919 |
| Creator Individual | Malcolm A. Bird |
| Tags |
Dead trees
Floyd County (Va.) Landscape Photographs Roads Trees |
| Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |
