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Title Parkway
Date 1950
Description Photograph shows the road near Doughton Park in section 2C of the Blue Ridge Parkway, with an automobile on the road and two women sitting on a fence running parallel to the road. Taken by Arthur Fawcett in 1950, with a note stating the purpose as "publicity."
Location Location Name: Milepost 239
Parkway Milepost: 239.0
Latitude: 36.425873
Longitude: -81.149937
Creator Individual Arthur Fawcett
Tags Alleghany County (N.C.)
Automobiles
Doughton Park (N.C.)
Fences
Landscape
People
Photographs
Roads
Scenery
Tourism
View of road
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway