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Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks

George Grant photographed in Sequoia (previously known as General Grant National Park) and Kings Canyon in 1929, 1933, 1936 and 1940.
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View east from road near Ash Mountain showing live oak, Morro Rock, and the Giant Forest Plateau. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, 1929.
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View east from road near Ash Mountain showing live oak, Morro Rock, and the Giant Forest Plateau. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, 1929.

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  • Automobile and passengers on downed tree trunk, Sequoia National Park, 1929.
  • Automobile approaching Tunnel Tree on Crescent Meadow Road. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, 1940.
  • Highway going up the south fork of Kings River. General Grant National Park (now Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks), 1936.
  • The California Tree, General Grant National Park (now Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks), 1936.
  • From lookout point south of Hume Lake, looking at Tehipite Dome (right) on north side of Middle Fork of Kings River Canyon. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, 1940.
  • Windy cliff on South Fork of Kings River. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, 1940.
  • From Lookout point south of Hume Lake looking at Tehipite Dome (Right) on north side of Middle Fork of Kings River Canyon. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, 1940.
  • Zumwalt Meadow on South Fork of Kings River. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, 1940.
  • Junction of Middle Fork and South Fork of Kings River. View is up Middle Fork with South Fork on the right. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, 1940.
  • Campground sites in Redwood Canyon. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, 1940.
  • Sequoia tree on Redwood Canyon Trail. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, 1940.
  • Fisherman at bottom of Redwood Canyon. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, 1940.
  • South Fork of Kings River Canyon from the new highway east of General Grant Grove. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, 1940.
  • View east from road near Ash Mountain showing live oak, Morro Rock, and the Giant Forest Plateau. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, 1929.
  • George Grant's panel truck (the Hearse) driving between Sequoia trees. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, 1940.
  • Tunnel Rock on the Ash Mountain - Giant Forest Highway. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, 1940.
  • Fallen sequoia near the Robert E. Lee Tree, which stands on the right. It has been used as a kitchen, a hotel, a horse barn, and a barracks for the U.S. Cavalry. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, 1936.
  • Vertical view of Morro Rock from north side. Castle Rocks in the distance. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, 1929.
  • Group posing at base of the General Grant Tree. General Grant National Park (now Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks), 1936.
  • 1940 color Kodachrome 35mm slide of Kings Canyon National Park's south fork of Kings River photographed by National Park Service photographer George A. Grant.
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