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#USA16-08 Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, 23 May 1979
American Road Trip 1979 on Kodachrome
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#USA16-09 Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, 23 May 1979
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#USA16-13 Deer, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, 23 May 1979
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Excellent photos, Lynn! You got to see parts of rural America that most Americans have no clue about. I lived in East Tennessee in my teens and twenties in the 80s and 90s. I haven't been back since, but I'm sure much has changed and much is the same.
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#USA16-14 Capitol Building, Washington DC, 23 May 1979
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Thanks Peter! I guess I was lucky, given the itinerary was mostly fixed, and also the whistlestop nature of most of the tour, much of the time spent driving. The extra day in Tennessee while the van was being fixed took a day out of a planned two day stay in NYC, which was a big disappointment.
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#USA16-15 Smithsonian Castle, Washington DC, 23 May 1979
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#USA16-16 The White House, Washington DC, 23 May 1979
I was lucky to get a tour inside the White House, but I didn't take any pictures inside. I can't remember if pictures were allowed.
I was lucky to get a tour inside the White House, but I didn't take any pictures inside. I can't remember if pictures were allowed.
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Thirteen days from Arizona to Washington DC, wow! I took six weeks to cover mostl ofthose places you did, but then I also visited as many Civil War battlefields as I could find on maps in those pre-internet days, where we had to read thru piles of books for the information we needed.
You must have traveled super light. What gear did you take with you? Did you carry all your films with you, or buy it along the way as I did (mostly from K-Mart, now and then from small photo stores I saw along the way). I should reread this entire thread, likely you have already posted about this. My bad. Sorry. Did yo
Yet you still managed to take more gorgeous photographs than I did.
Envious, I am.
You must have traveled super light. What gear did you take with you? Did you carry all your films with you, or buy it along the way as I did (mostly from K-Mart, now and then from small photo stores I saw along the way). I should reread this entire thread, likely you have already posted about this. My bad. Sorry. Did yo
Yet you still managed to take more gorgeous photographs than I did.
Envious, I am.
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Those Civil War battlefields would be fascinating. I've seen a few documentaries. Yes I travelled light, just the FE and three primes 35, 50 and 105. Plus 60 rolls of Kodachrome I brought along from Australia (see post #1). Thanks for the compliment!
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#USA16-18 The White House, Washington DC, 23 May 1979
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#USA16-19 view from The White House, Washington DC, 23 May 1979
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#USA16-21 Ford's Theatre, Washington DC, 23 May 1979
The Presidential Box where President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth on 14 April 1865. Hand held.
The Presidential Box where President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth on 14 April 1865. Hand held.
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#USA16-23 Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Washington DC, 23 May 1979
If you're into first hand accounts of aviation in the early days I can recommend 'Fate Is The Hunter' by Ernest K Gann. A fascinating autobiography from a barnstormer-turned-airline pilot, when prop-powered airliners had to fly through the weather rather than over it.
If you're into first hand accounts of aviation in the early days I can recommend 'Fate Is The Hunter' by Ernest K Gann. A fascinating autobiography from a barnstormer-turned-airline pilot, when prop-powered airliners had to fly through the weather rather than over it.
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#USA16-24 Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Washington DC, 23 May 1979
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#USA16-25 Thomas Jefferson memorial, Washington DC, 23 May 1979
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#USA16-26 Lincoln memorial, Washington DC, 23 May 1979
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#USA16-28 crossing the Millard E Tydings Memorial Bridge, Susquehanna River, Maryland, 24 May 1979.
Heading to NYC from Washington DC.
Heading to NYC from Washington DC.
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#USA16-29 Delaware Memorial Bridge, Delaware, 24 May 1979.
Heading to NYC from Washington DC.
Heading to NYC from Washington DC.
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#USA16-31 Interstate 295 North, New Jersey, 24 May 1979.
Heading to NYC from Washington DC. A few miles on from the previous picture.
Heading to NYC from Washington DC. A few miles on from the previous picture.