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A woman painting a view of the Shenandoah Valley from the Skyline Drive, near an entrance to the Appalachian Trail, Virginia (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• dhawktx1 said:

  We drove this area on our honeymoon. The horizon was orange from pollution and the valley was full of industrial buildings.

• Faraaz Abdool said:

  indeed, the difference is startling.

• yellojkt said:

  Some things never change. Here is a photo I took in the Fall of 2011:

• Ryan (LOC P&P) said:

  Thanks for sharing your photo yellojkt. It's good to know that the scenery still inspires after all these years.

• tampafireman2001 said:

  somewhere along the line someone identified this this pic. apparently this is a known artist from that area, a man that was known for his "flamboyant" dress. i dont recall his name.