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Railroad crossing along the Skyline Drive, Virginia

Club Cafe sign near Santa Rosa, Santa Rosa, New Mexico (LOC)

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Shelter from Arizona's often-sizzling heat at Flintstones Bedrock City, a small, family-run theme park and tourist attraction that opened in 1972 near the southern entrance to the Grand Canyon natural wonder. The park, modeled after the popular Flintstones cartoon characters in a popular 1960s television series, depicts some of the scenes from the Stone Age family's "town" of Bedrock

A "photo op" location -- although you'll need your own camera -- at Flintstones Bedrock City, a small, family-run theme park and tourist attraction that opened in 1972 near the southern entrance to Arizona's Grand Canyon. The park, modeled after the popular Flintstones cartoon characters in a popular 1960s television series, depicts some of the scenes from the Stone Age family's "town" of Bedrock

The local "barkeep" (bartender), portrayed by historic re-enactor Dave Johnston at the 19th Century mining camp of South Park City, now depicted at an authentic collection of 40 original buildings at the South Park City Museum in Fairplay, Colorado

Courtyard and signage outside the Arizona Copper Art Museum in Clarkdale, Arizona, near some of the state's richest lodes of copper during the early-20th-Century heyday of Clarkdale and the mountain mining town of Jerome. So important was the mineral that Arizona was long nicknamed The Copper State (before the appeal to tourism prompted a change to The Grand Canyon State)

Rock formation at the Garden of the Gods, a geological upheaval that is now a city park and popular tourist attraction in Colorado Springs, Colorado. If you view this image in full screen, note the "hole" toward the top left of the largest formation. Above it, two rocks appear to "touch noses." They are known, affectionally, as the "Kissing Camels"

Limestone blocks in the Old Jail Art Center in Albany, Texas, seat of Shackelford County. Initials on many of the stones show masons' claims for work

James Duke, a retired contractor from Montrose, Colorado, who moved to the high-Rocky Mountain city of Leadville and became one of its most visible characters. He calls himself the "town greeter" and, true to his name, says hello to just about everyone he passes on the street of the old mining town

Cartwright, wheelwright Charlie Landfried; from Nye, Montana to Limestone, Montana

Cartwright, wheelwright Charlie Landfried; from Nye, Montana to Limestone, Montana

A greeting from a Fred Flintstone caricature at Flintstones Bedrock City, a small, family-run theme park and tourist attraction that opened in 1972 near the southern entrance to Arizona's Grand Canyon. The park, modeled after the popular Flintstones cartoon characters in a popular 1960s television series, depicts some of the scenes from Fred's Stone Age family's "town" of Bedrock

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Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:005)

Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

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Havasu Creek flows past a campground between Mooney Falls and Havasu Falls, two of the five Havasupai waterfalls deep in Arizona's Havasu Canyon, an offshoot of Grand Canyon National Park but on lands administered by the Havasupai Indian Tribe

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Globe, Gila County, Arizona

Aerial view of an industrial area of Seattle, Washington, one of many places in this Pacific Northwest city that is bisected or surrounded by straits, inlets, or shipping channels

The Loring family vault in central Phoenix, Arizona's, Pioneer and Military Memorial Park, a historic but bleak and sandy cemetery near the Arizona Capitol. This was once seven separate cemeteries honoring military veterans and civic notables, the first of which was opened in 1884, 28 years before what was then Arizona Territory became the 48th U.S. state

Muffler shop in the Willets Point neighborhood of New York City's borough, or county-like jurisdiction, of Queens

Overview of the rugged surrounding terrain from a long plateau from north of Rock Springs westward to the city of Green River in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. The plateau carries the Pilot Butte Wild Horse Loop, a scenic drive where one can always see the butte and sometimes see the nomadic horses

Remnants of an old mine sign placed, for no apparent reason, outside the Round-Up Motel in Tucson, Arizona

Scenery in Big Bend National Park, Texas

Orphan Lode Mine, Headframe, North of West Rim Road between Powell Point and Maricopa Point, South Rim, Grand Canyon Village, Coconino County, AZ

Sunset over the Pacific Ocean at the pier in Pismo Beach, California

A restored Gulf gasoline station in Albany, Texas, seat of Shackelford County

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