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Petrified Forest National Park

George Grant photographed in Petrified Forest in 1929 and 1934.
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Sandstone capping and profusion of petrified wood in First Forest. Petrified Forest National Park, 1929.
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Sandstone capping and profusion of petrified wood in First Forest. Petrified Forest National Park, 1929.

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  • "Will it burn?" Tenderfeet attempting to build a fire in the petrified forest. Petrified Forest National Park, 1929.
  • Petroglyphs on cliff walls near Newspaper Rock. Petrified Forest National Park, 1934.
  • Part of the main area of First Forest. The road leads to northeast entrance. Image with George Grant's handwritten margin notations. Petrified Forest National Park, 1929.
  • Isolation Hill in Rainbow Forest, the last remnant of a sandstone mesa in the final stages of erosion. Petrified Forest National Park, 1929.
  • Close-up of branches of a petrified log. Petrified Forest National Park, 1934.
  • "Eagle's Nest", a First Forest standstone pillar. Petrified Forest National Park, 1929. The pillar fell in 1941.
  • People sitting on petrified log in Rainbow Forest near park headquarters, showing large root system. Petrified Forest National Park, 1929.
  • Petrified logs with nearby badland formations in Third Forest. Petrified Forest National Park, 1934.
  • Exposed petrified log on side of hill with profusion of petrified sections in the foreground. Petrified Forest National Park, 1929.
  • Visitors viewing the large petrified tree in Rainbow Forest. Petrified Forest National Park, 1929.
  • Petrified log near headquarters showing largest root system found thus far in the area. Petrified Forest National Park, 1934.
  • Part of the main area of the First Forest. The road leads to the northeast entrance. Petrified Forest National Park, 1929.
  • Exposed petrified logs in Rainbow Forest. Petrified Forest National Park, 1934.
  • Sandstone capping and profusion of petrified wood in First Forest. Petrified Forest National Park, 1929.
  • The "Sphinx" in Rainbow Forest near west entrance. Petrified Forest National Park, 1929.
  • General view of the Third Forest showing badlands erosion in foreground. Petrified Forest National Park, 1929.
  • Sandstone capping on mesa, or bench, just south of Petrified Bridge. Petrified Forest National Park, 1929.
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