Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1931, Page 100

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.—GRAVURE SECTION—JANUARY HOW BILLBOARDS DEFACE ROADSIDE BEAUTY IN FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA. © Star Staff Photos. A typical example where the motorist’s view is completely cut off by a barricade of When the photographe t behi he bi i is vi B S oy e i 5 e S . gy i p! grapher got behind the billboards in photo at left, he found this view which they had blotted out from the road. Another pair of photographs (at . left . and right) illustrat- ing the sacrifice of roadside WASHINGTON'S beauty in bill- boards. The scene at right was taken just e — prvverrn behind the HH ignboard, near W g Va. The V-shape stand of billboards at left cuts off from both directions the highway view of the scene behind them, shown at right. Highway turp-ofl's and cross roads, as illustrated above, are favored places for bill- board concentratien. They often reduce corner vision for motorists in addition to cutting off scenery, as shown in the view at right taken just behind a group of these signboards.