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Grand Teton National Park

George Grant photographed at Grand Teton in 1930, 1933, 1933 and 1941. During his 1933 visit, he photographed CCC enrollees clearing debris from Jackson Lake
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View from Alaska Basin, head of the main fork of Teton Canyon, from saddle at head of Cascade Canyon, showing sedimentary layers on west side of range. Grand Teton National Park, 1933.
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View from Alaska Basin, head of the main fork of Teton Canyon, from saddle at head of Cascade Canyon, showing sedimentary layers on west side of range. Grand Teton National Park, 1933.

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  • "Dad" Adam Keith, an old timer who ran a string of horses during the summers and wintered three hundred miles away each October in Powder River, Wyoming. Keith witnessed many incidents in the Johnson County War and served as an outfitter and back country ranger at Grand Teton. Grand Teton National Park, 1930.
  • Tetons from the north end of Blacktail Butte, Grand Teton National Park, 1930.
  • Jackson Lake and the Tetons from the small island out from CCC camp No. 2. Enrollees Ray Ickes and Ned Munn are on the rocks in the foreground. Grand Teton National Park, 1933.
  • Camping at Jenny Lake Campground, Grand Teton National Park, 1934.
  • Skipper displaying a 7 1/2 lb. cut-throat trout, native, caught from the dock. Grand Teton National Park, 1941.
  • Standing in front of Mount Owen is Mr. William Owen, for whom the mountain was named. He was a well known Wyoming pioneer and early engineer and surveyor in the territory. In 1898, he and three others were the first to climb the Grand Teton, or American Matterhorn. Grand Teton National Park, 1933.
  • The Grand Teton from the head of Cascade Canyon. Grand Teton National Park, 1933.
  • Temporary check-in station at the south entrance to the park. Grand Teton National Park, 1939.
  • The Colter Stone, a rough-carved rhyolite of a human face, is believed to have been carved by John Colter, the first white man to visit Yellowstone. Grand Teton National Park, no date.
  • Limestone cliff and head of Cascade Canyon reflected in pool near the trail. Grand Teton National Park, 1933.
  • The boat landing on Jenny Lake. Above is Teewinot. Grand Teton National Park, 1937.
  • Teewinot, the Grand Teton, Mount Owen, Glacier Canyon and Symmetry Spire from the road into String Lake. Grand Teton National Park, 1930.
  • View from Alaska Basin, head of the main fork of Teton Canyon, from saddle at head of Cascade Canyon, showing sedimentary layers on west side of range. Grand Teton National Park, 1933.
  • The three Tetons and Mount St. John from Deadman's Bar. Snake River in foreground with Karl Kent, proprietor of Jenny Lake Inn. Grand Teton National Park, 1930.
  • Teewinot, the Grand Teton and Mount Owen. Grand Teton National Park, 1930.
  • The new headquarters building and superintendent's office. Grand Teton National Park, 1939.
  • Road near Crandall's park studio, showing Mount Michaud, Teewinot, the Grand Teton, and Mount Owen. Grand Teton National Park, 1930.
  • Teton Range from Deadman's Bar on the Snake River. Grand Teton National Park, 1941.
  • "Dad" Adam Keith, pioneer, outfitter and back-country ranger. Grand Teton National Park, 1930.
  • CCC enrollees clearing debris from the shores of Jackson Lake, Grand Teton National Park, 1933.
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