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Part of the mountain lion enclosure at an old "tourist trap" zoo, a roadside-attraction remnant at what is now the isolated ghost town of Two Guns along old U.S. Highway 66 in northeastern Arizona
Ticket booth to an old "tourist trap" zoo, a roadside-attraction remnant at what is now the isolated ghost town of Two Guns along old U.S. Highway 66 in northeastern Arizona
What's left of the old "kamp" campground) headquarters building, a roadside-attraction remnant at what is now the isolated ghost town of Two Guns along old U.S. Highway 66 in northeastern Arizona
What's left of the old campground store, now a graffiti-covered remnant at the isolated ghost town of Two Guns along old U.S. Highway 66 in northeastern Arizona
What's left of the old campground store, now a graffiti-covered remnant at the isolated ghost town of Two Guns along old U.S. Highway 66 in northeastern Arizona
What's left of an old silo or water tower, now a graffiti-covered remnant at the isolated ghost town of Two Guns along old U.S. Highway 66 in northeastern Arizona
What's left of the old campground bath house, now a graffiti-covered remnant at the isolated ghost town of Two Guns along old U.S. Highway 66 in northeastern Arizona
What's left of the old outdoor pool, now a graffiti-covered remnant, at the isolated ghost town of Two Guns along old U.S. Highway 66 in northeastern Arizona
What's left of the old campground bath house, now a graffiti-covered remnant at the isolated ghost town of Two Guns along old U.S. Highway 66 in northeastern Arizona
Part of the mountain lion enclosure at an old "tourist trap" zoo, a roadside-attraction remnant at what is now the isolated ghost town of Two Guns along old U.S. Highway 66 in northeastern Arizona
Summary
The zoo was the brainstorm of Harry "Two Guns" Miller, who grew out his hair and took on the persona of "Chief Crazy Thunder" when he greeted visitors. There is still a Two Guns exit from the high-speed Interstate Highway 40 that succeeded the old two-lane road, but there are nothing but shells of the zoo, a campground pool and store, and a gas station to be found there.
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Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112)
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.
In 2015, documentary photographer Carol Highsmith received a letter from Getty Images accusing her of copyright infringement for featuring one of her own photographs on her own website. It demanded payment of $120. This was how Highsmith came to learn that stock photo agencies Getty and Alamy had been sending similar threat letters and charging fees to users of her images, which she had donated to the Library of Congress for use by the general public at no charge. In 2016, Highsmith has filed a $1 billion copyright infringement suit against both Alamy and Getty stating “gross misuse” of 18,755 of her photographs. “The defendants [Getty Images] have apparently misappropriated Ms. Highsmith’s generous gift to the American people,” the complaint reads. “[They] are not only unlawfully charging licensing fees … but are falsely and fraudulently holding themselves out as the exclusive copyright owner.” According to the lawsuit, Getty and Alamy, on their websites, have been selling licenses for thousands of Highsmith’s photographs, many without her name attached to them and stamped with “false watermarks.” (more: http://hyperallergic.com/314079/photographer-files-1-billion-suit-against-getty-for-licensing-her-public-domain-images/)
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