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Title Convicted vandals repairing sign damage.
Title Note To illustrate one means of law enforcement.
Date June 1959
Description Image shows two young men crouched over a wooden signboard that has been removed from its sign posts. They appear to be scrubbing the sign. There is a park ranger near them, watching what they are doing. An automobile is visible in the background of the image. 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 Automobiles
Botetourt County (Va.)
Park rangers
People
Photographs
Scenic overlooks
Signs and signboards
Vandalism
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway