- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Helen Gas Station
- Contributor to Resource:
- Courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration
- Date of Original:
- 1975
- Subject:
- Tourism--Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, White County, Helen, 34.70148, -83.73157
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Although some critics bemoaned the campy commercialization of Helen, town officials have regulated the Bavarian alpine facade for all downtown businesses since 1969. One service station owner borrowed $15,000 to add a store-top to his shop in order to conform to the alpine motif.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/exhibition/seeing-georgia-changing-visions-of-tourism-in-the-modern-south/helen-gas-station_001-2/
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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