Gumbo's Pic of the Day, May 14, 2014: Passing by America, 1969

Looking at the photo, my guess would have been some place in Northern Idaho or Western Montana. 

I'd have never thought it was in Western Pennsylvania.  Perhaps time I pay the place a visit.

I never like to take credit for someone else's work, but in this case I may have done the opposite. By error, this picture originally posted attributed to Walker Evans, but it is my own, and Evans remains one of my deities.

DrF...Pennsylvania is well worth exploring, with its tremendous variation between the coastal plain, the Alleghenies stretching in bands across much of the center, lush rural areas to the south, hardscrabble mining and forests in the northeast...and more.

An interesting thought: rural locations are sometimes hard to place, because although what is common in one area may still exist, even if less usual, in another. Absent something like the lavender of Provence in bloom...sometimes it's tough!

Sometime in the next few months, by the way, I'll be revisiting a fascinating part of Pennsylvania's history with a visit to the state's chain of museums documenting the anthracite coal industry. Watch for it here!