Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1930, Page 106

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (.—GRAVURE SECTION—DECEMBER 21, 1930. How Billboards Deface Pastoral Beauty of Montgomery County, Md. Scenes along highway approaches to Washington show how natural beauties are hidden by unsightly signboards. © Siar Sial Photes, 0o :'his massive signboa;(rd_. blotting out the landscape, was all the photographer could see when he stopped When the photographer stepped behind the signboard in photo at left, this beautiful stretch of farm- at this point on the Rockville Pike. land lay before him. It had been completely hidden by the signboard. The photos at left and at right show how these bill- boards near ALY, ’ ] HRIHT ’ e s obscure a beautiful lane of cedar trees. B - ez - s The photographer was rewarded with this pleasing bit of undefaced nature when he got behind the barricade of billboards in photo at left. These two photos (at left and at right) were taken near Garret Park and illustrate again the natural charm that is obliterated by billboards. When motoring on the highway near Garret Park, would you rather look'at this soft, restful appeal of the rolling country at right which it hides?