Leaf-peeping (1970?, 1973)

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LEAF-PEEPING--124,000 Google hits, 381 Google Groups hits
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There was just that one time in Times Square in the 1970s, and the guy was  
dressed up as Adam or David or something like that, and he was wearing this fig 
 leaf...
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"Leaf peeping" is a big sport this time of year, as the leaves turn color.  
Did this start in NY (Thruway) or Vermont?
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_Fall Foliage Tours Are Turning Into Big  Business_ 
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MSNBC - Sep 28 8:48 AM
Leaf  peeping, a nickname given to the tradition of viewing fall foliage,  
generates hundreds of millions of dollars every year from Maine to Washington as 
 tourists visit forests and surrounding towns, staying anywhere from a few  
short days to weeks. 
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_The Envelope, Please: the NEFI Survey Results_ 
(http://groups.google.com/group/rec.aviation/browse_thread/thread/c01e2ccb2cf46ba0/59f70f3d2e2153aa?lnk=st&q
="leaf+peeping"&rnum=391&hl=en#59f70f3d2e2153aa)   
... stated that this might be nice if it were a smaller airport, or  near a 
park where
people could go swimming or hiking (or  "leaf-peeping," a thoroughly New ...  
 
_rec.aviation_ (http://groups.google.com/group/rec.aviation?lnk=sg&hl=en)  - 
Jan 4 1992, 11:06 am by Amy  Lindsay - 1 message - 1 author 
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leaf peeper U.S. colloq., a  person, esp. a tourist, who indulges in ‘leaf 
peeping’. 
 
1979  United States 1980/81 (Penguin Travel Guides)  576 It's also popular 
with hikers, ‘leaf peepers’ hooked on the fall foliage. 1987  Economist 3 Oct. 
43/1 Each  autumn, northern New England draws thousands of ‘leaf-peepers’ to 
gape at the ravishing colours of  the changing trees. 1991  Sunday Times 8 
Sept. III. 7/2 Active leaf peepers could  follow the fall all the way from Maine 
to  Georgia.
leaf peeping  U.S. colloq., the popular activity of observing the spectacular 
 colours of autumn foliage, esp. that of New England.  
1979  United States 1980/81 (Penguin Travel Guides)  632 The four weeks from 
mid-September to mid-October are leaf-peeping season, a magic  time to be 
here. 1987  Los Angeles Times 9 Oct.  I. 32/1 ‘Leaf  peeping’ season is about 
over in northern New Hampshire, and the  mountains' spectacular palette of red, 
yellow and orange has begun to  fade.
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     _Syracuse Herald Journal_ 
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=guFez8c11n2KID/6NLMW2ogVHRnzqIsEOD29n/7HUctCUFIrtovMy0IF+CsZYmrz)  
_Saturday, October 25, 1980_ (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=)  
_Syracuse,_ 
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="leaf+peepers"+AND+cityid:28660+AND+stateid:67+AND+range:1753-1980)   _New  York_ 
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="leaf+peepers"+AND+stateid:67+AND+range
:1753-1980)    
...this show is by car. When the tide of LEAF-PEEPERS  is at the main roads 
are.....of a private woodlot posted against  LEAF-peeping. If you spot one 
that..
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_The Wellsboro Gazette_ 
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=9qnHh8I+Pl6KID/6NLMW2pDTeUiiiAbs2IAM2Ag+i5oJF+xv+lCi2kIF+CsZYmrz)  _Wednesday, 
September 19, 1979_ (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=)  
_Wellsboro,_ 
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="leaf+peepers"+AND+cityid:32235+AND+stateid:77+AND+range:1753-1980)   _Pennsylvania_ 
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="leaf+peepers"+AND+stateid:77+AND+range
:1753-1980)   ...this fact has  got- ten around to the LEAF PEEPERS. Each 
year greater  numbers..

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By DANIEL A.  NEARYDaniel A. Neary. New York Times (1857-Current  file). New 
York, N.Y.: Nov 29, 1970. p. 411 (1 page) 
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_Notes:  Leaf Peepers Get Their Turn Again; THRUWAY CAMPER STOP FLYING 
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JOHN BRANNON ALBRIGHT.  New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: 
Sep  23, 1973. p. 527 (2 pages)