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JOHN MARGOLIES SPENT DECADES CRISSCROSSING THE COUNTRY WITH CAMERA in hand, documenting the disappearing roadside signs and other ephemera that caught his eye. That included this sign for Erie Foreign Car Parts on Mohawk Street outside of Whitesboro, New York, which John photographed in 1987.

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