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Title 50 Million Visitor Day - Supt. Weems Reads Citation
Date August 22, 1962
Description Image shows a park ranger with a group of visitors around him. The park ranger is holding a piece of paper and a microphone. The people are all standing outside of a building. The image was taken at the Peaks of Otter amphitheater, which is located at the Peaks of Otter visitor center, near milepost 85.9 in Section 1K of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Image taken by David Ochsner on August 22, 1962.
Location Location Name: Peaks of Otter Visitor Center
Parkway Milepost: 85.9
Latitude: 37.445786
Longitude: -79.608097
Creator Individual David Ochsner
Tags Amphitheater
Bedford County (Va.)
Park rangers
Peaks of Otter (Va.)
People
Photographs
Visitors' centers
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway