MAY CONTAIN NUTS
HOME
 
JUMP TO PAGE   100  >  200  >  300  >  400  >  500  >  600
VINTAGRAPH • WPA • WWII • YOU MEAN A WOMAN CAN OPEN IT?

Turn, Turn, Turn: 1941

September 1941. "Highway leading down to the gorge at the Columbia River from the bench land. Klickitat County, Washington." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the FSA. View full size.

September 1941. "Highway leading down to the gorge at the Columbia River from the bench land. Klickitat County, Washington." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the FSA. View full size.

 

On Shorpy:
Today’s Top 5

M

For steeper slopes turns are much sharper and the road resembles zigzag pattern.
In Montenegro, one such a road had created the legend that an engineer fell in love with a local shepherdess, Maria, and could not stop "writing" her initial at the slope of the mountain.

Great composition of a three distinctive fields of foreground, distant hill and the sky.

Pick your poison

Heading south, Maryhill Loops road merges into the Lewis and Clark Highway, which intersects US Highway 97, which takes you to the Columbia River. You can get there fast, or you can take the gnarly route.

Maryhill Loops Road

US97 is now visible on the next hill, as well as many wind turbines, but the road is still there.

Syndicate content  Shorpy.com is a vintage photography site featuring thousands of high-definition images. The site is named after Shorpy Higginbotham, a teenage coal miner who lived 100 years ago. Contact us | Privacy policy | Accessibility Statement | Site © 2024 Shorpy Inc.