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Highway markers, Elkins, West Virginia

A vertical black-and-white photograph depicts three shield-shaped and one rectangular metal highway marker signs for West Virginia US 250, US 219, US 33, and West Virginia State Route 4, respectively. The background depicts an autumnal sidewalk scattered with leaves. To the right of the image, an equestrian statue is visible.

A vertical black-and-white photograph depicts three shield-shaped and one rectangular metal highway marker signs for West Virginia US 250, US 219, US 33, and West Virginia State Route 4, respectively. The background depicts an autumnal sidewalk scattered with leaves. To the right of the image, an equestrian statue is visible.

Artist John Vachon (American, 1914–1975)
Artist Standard Oil Company, New Jersey
Title Highway markers, Elkins, West Virginia
Date October 1947
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions Image: 9 7/16 × 7 9/16 in. (24 × 19.2 cm)
Credit Line Henry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number 79.200.XX.3.51

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