ARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPH / mrg 02415 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.02415

South of the border billboard, Tops!, Dillon, South Carolina

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Dillon, South Carolina

A state-line business grew by turning geography into an extended advertising performance.

THE ORIGINAL RECORD

Photographer: Margolies, John
Photographed: 1986.
Location: United States--South Carolina--Dillon
Medium: 1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).
Digital ID: mrg 02415 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.02415
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-mrg-02415 (digital file from original color transparency)
Call number: LC-MA05- 2415 [P&P]
Subjects: Billboards--1980-1990.
United States--South Carolina--Dillon.
South Carolina--Dillon
Billboards--1980-1990
United States--South Carolina--Dillon
Margolies categories: Not recorded
Rights advisory — Library of Congress: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html
Rights & attribution ↗
Original catalog notes: Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
Purchase; John Margolies 2010 (DLC/PP-2010:191).
Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg
Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).
Source: Library of Congress record ↗ · Image resource ↗
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