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The Coca-Cola Tree: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 11:42pm.
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Circa 1925. "Ford Motor Co. -- Lincoln car in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
Eye Pollution
Submitted by Gartholameau on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 1:35am.
Those dang Coca-Cola billboards are ruining the scenery!
Premature
Submitted by dgorsline on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 9:41pm.
Something is awry in the chronology. Although it was authorized in the 1920s, Shenandoah wasn't established as a National Park until 1936.
[Too bad they didn't have the Internet back in 1925. - Dave]
Fizz
Submitted by Manalto on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 11:43am.
Beautifully composed photo of a bucolic setting, with a sprinkling of effervescence!
If it wasn't for the car
Submitted by caseyshebascott on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 10:03am.
If it wasn't for the car, I would think that that is a photo of East Kentucky in the 1970 or even 1980s. Travelling through Appalachia at that time, it would be very easy to find a dirt road such as this one. Kinda of makes me homesick.
Blasted Heath
Submitted by VictrolaJazz on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 12:15am.
Scene from an H. P. Lovecraft story!
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