Back in the Beta Days, not to be confused with The Good Old Days, I would occasionally put up a photograph and ask for users to identify the location. Today, with a global readership, it would be impossible for me keep many guessing.
But in honor of Independence Day, I'm presently the following as a Mega Photo Geo Quiz. You can send your answers by private message or post in the comment section, referencing the number of the photo. My husband and I are going to see an exhibit about Leonardo da Vinci at a local museum, so I won't be responding for hours.
(Most of these are old family photos that I have scanned from slides and the quality is less than perfect.)
Have fun.
Number One
Number Two
Number Three
Number Four
Number Five
Number Six
Number Seven
Number Eight
Number Nine
Number Ten
Number Eleven
Number Twelve
Number Thirteen
Number Fourteen
(This is a gimme.)
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My first thought was that number 1 was the Austin Statesman newspaper office, but that seems to say "author" so I'm probably wrong.
I think Number 4 has a clue in plain sight :)
Number 7 is the nation's capitol? Number 9 looks like the Smoky Mountains.
I don't know what Number 13 is, but I LOVE the photo! And that last one may be a gimme to you, but it's a mystery to me.
Here you go:
Number One -- taken many years ago at Franklin Court, a tribute to Franklin maintained by NPS on the site of his home. I don't know if this particular display is still there, but I have always thought it was cool.
http://www.ushistory.org/tour/franklin-court.htm
Number Two - another bit of Americana, but one that really would have been impossible for anyone to identify in particular. This was a small circus setting up in the parking lot of a local mall in the late 70s. I just liked the geometry.
Number Three - America the beautiful and bountiful. Taken in the fall of 1977 as our family drove from PA to CA, probably somewhere in Nebraska.
Number Four - Main Street, Disneyland, USA. The woman in the hat is my mother.
Number Five - the Pacific Ocean, seen from the window of my parents' home at the time in Santa Barbara, CA. The figures below are my children who were ages 1 and 2.5 at the time and their father.
Number Six - U. S. Capitol building.
Number Seven - terribly lit scene from Kutztown Folk Festival. If you live near SE PA and haven't been -- go!
http://www.kutztownfestival.com/
Number Eight - Philadelphia Museum of Art in the spring.
Number Nine - Blue Ridge Mountains, seen from our tent in Shenandoah National Park.
Number Ten - Monticello, Charlottesville, VA
Number Eleven - viewing the Mummers' Parade from in front of City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Number Twelve - historic recreation, Valley Forge, PA
Number Thirteen - on the beach, Ocean City, NJ
Number Fourteen - The Biltmore Estate, Asheville, NC
Thanks for stopping by. :)