Friday, October 1, 2010

Sanctuary (Along Skyline Drive)


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View along US 40 in Mount Vernon Canyon, Colorado
: photo by Andreas Feininger, December 1942


Start out high above the world


Road Cut into the Barren Hills (1)

Road cut into the barren hills which lead into Emmett, Idaho: photo by Russell Lee, July 1941


Things appear in some depth


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Mountain farms along the Skyline Drive, Virginia
: photo by Jack Delano, c. 1940


and with a bit of distance


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Mountain farm along the Skyline Drive in Virginia
: photo by Jack Delano, c. 1940


then return to earth



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Fields along the Skyline Drive, Virginia
: photo by Jack Delano, c. 1940

Photos from Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress