Ellenville, New York 1974
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A 1974 color photograph of Ellenville, New York, showing a busy roadway leading toward a steel truss bridge at the edge of town. The scene captures everyday small-town life in the Catskills during the mid-1970s, with period American cars navigating the intersection beneath overhead utility lines and traffic signals.
Visible roadside signage includes a Mobil service station on the right-hand side of the road, along with clearly marked New York State Routes 52 and 42, directing traffic north, south, and west through Ellenville. A Coca-Cola sign can also be seen near the roadside buildings, reflecting the commercial branding common to American towns of the era.
Modest wood-frame and brick buildings line the street, while the wooded hills of the Shawangunk Ridge rise in the background beyond the bridge. The combination of local businesses, highway route signage, and surrounding mountain landscape illustrates Ellenville’s role as a transportation and commercial gateway for the western Catskills.
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