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Title National Park Service Emblem
Date January 25, 1960
Description Image shows a close-up view of a sign with the National Park Service Emblem, set in a hedge with leaves surrounding it. The road appears in the top left corner of the image. The sign is carved in the shape of an arrowhead and features an illustration of a mountain and trees, with a buffalo in the foreground, and the words "National Park Service" at the top, with "Department of the Interior" below. Image taken at milepost 97 of the Blue Ridge Parkway in Bedford County, Va. Image taken by Earl W. Estes, Jr., on January 25, 1960.
Location Location Name: Milepost 97
Parkway Milepost: 97.0
Latitude: 37.431271
Longitude: -79.750345
Creator Individual Earl W. Estes, Jr.
Tags Bedford County (Va.)
National Park Service
Photographs
Signs and signboards
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway