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Lee Highway approaching Skyline Drive, Virginia, circa 1935

Subjects
Mountains & HillsNational & State Parks
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Lee Highway approaching Skyline Drive, Virginia, circa 1935, Luray, VA, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of Lee Highway approaching Skyline Drive, Virginia, circa 1935, Luray, VA, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
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About this postcard

An elevated view looks down on the winding Lee Highway as it climbs through wooded green hills toward the crest where it meets Skyline Drive in western Virginia. The Lee Highway (today's U.S. Route 11 corridor) was a named early auto trail, and Skyline Drive, built in the 1930s along the Blue Ridge, became the scenic spine of Shenandoah National Park. The card's linen-era coloring and the small farmsteads in the valley below typify tourist views of the new mountain park.

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PublisherMarken & Bielfeld, Inc.
LEE HIGHWAY APPROACHING SKYLINE DRIVE, VA. --- POST CARD LEE HIGHWAY APPROACHING SKYLINE DRIVE, VA. This mountain scene of the Lee Highway, (U. S. 211), east of Luray, Virginia, is close to the Lee Highway entrance to the Skyline Drive in the center of the Shenandoah National Park. MB Marken & Biefeld, Inc., Frederick, Md. 5A-H944
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PublisherMarken & Bielfeld, Inc.
Series128
ConditionVery good
Place mentionedLuray, VA
Place mentionedShenandoah National Park, VA
PublisherMarken & Biefeld, Inc., Frederick, MD
NotesLinen-textured stock with a white border; card number 128 printed in the lower right corner. No postmark. Divided back; white border; linen texture; publisher imprint Marken & Biefeld, Inc.

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Lee Highway approaching Skyline Drive, Virginia, circa 1935, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/lee-highway-approaching-skyline-drive-virginia-circa-1935. Accessed October 25, 2026.