Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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Title | Approaching Rocky Knob Gas Station |
Date | May 31, 1953 |
Description | Image shows a view of the Blue Ridge Parkway with a wood sign that reads "Gas Ahead." A car is driving away from the camera and a small gas station is visible toward the center of the photograph, to the left of the road. Tall grass and trees grow on both sides of the road. Image taken by Warren D. Lewis in May of 1953. Image taken near Rocky Knob, Va., around milepost 168 of the Blue Ridge Parkway. |
Location |
Location Name: Rocky Knob (Va.) Parkway Milepost: 168.2
Latitude: 36.819444
Longitude: -80.342222 |
Creator Individual | Warren D. Lewis |
Tags |
Automobiles
Floyd County (Va.) Patrick County (Va.) Photographs Rocky Knob (Va.) Service stations Stop signs Trees |
Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |