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Grand Canyon National Park

George Grant photographed at the Grand Canyon in 1929, 1930, 1932, 1935 and 1936
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The airplane expedition to the Escalante region (Canyonlands) at the Grand Canyon airport. Pictured left to right are: Pilot Johnson, Jesse L. Nusbaum, Thomas C. Vint, Marel Sager,George A. Grant. Photographed November 17, 1936 by an airport employee.

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