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Yellowstone National Park

George Grant began his Park Service career as a seasonal ranger in Yellowstone in the summer of 1922, and it was there that he first took up photography. He resigned a permanent ranger position that fall to pursue photography with hope of returning to the Park Service in that capacity. Such a position was not created until 1929 when Grant was employed as the first NPS staff photographer. He was promoted to Chief Photographer in 1931. He returned to Yellowstone to photograph in 1931, 1933, 1939 and 1941.
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View toward the utility area and employee quarters from the hill behind the hotel, showing the new post office and other improvements, Mammoth Hot Springs area. Yellowstone National Park, 1939.
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View toward the utility area and employee quarters from the hill behind the hotel, showing the new post office and other improvements, Mammoth Hot Springs area. Yellowstone National Park, 1939.

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  • Smoke from the Heart Lake Fire. Yellowstone National Park, 1931.
  • George Grant on horseback, preparing for a photography trip in the backcountry. Yellowstone National Park, 1933.
  • Park Superintendent Horace Albright feeding pancakes to bears. Yellowstone National Park, 1922.
  • Women automobile tourists at Old Faithful Inn. Yellowstone National Park, 1922.
  • Yellowstone Canyon and the Lower Falls from Artist's Point. Yellowstone National Park, 1939.
  • Mary Crehore Bedell and her daughters with their automobile. (The Bedell family reputed traveled more than 12,000 miles visiting parks and other destinations. Note the park decals on the auto windshield and the AAA medallion on the radiator.). Yellowstone National Park, 1922.
  • Horseback party along the rim of the Canyon near Artist's Point. Yellowstone National Park, 1933.
  • Eruption of Old Faithful. Yellowstone National Park, 1933.
  • Rim of the bluff near Artist's Point in Yellowstone Canyon. It is not as dangerous as it looks. Yellowstone National Park, 1936.
  • View toward the utility area and employee quarters from the hill behind the hotel, showing the new post office and other improvements, Mammoth Hot Springs area. Yellowstone National Park, 1939.
  • Approximate Year: 1922<br /> Park: Yellowstone National Park<br /> Photographer: Unknown <br /> Description: Park Visitor showing off her park stickers (indicating that entrance fees were paid at various National Parks). [While uncredited, the photographer is believed to have been George Grant],
  • Assistant teasing a bear so the artist can sketch the animal. Yellowstone National Park, 1933.
  • Petrified tree. Yellowstone National Park, 1933.
  • View down Shoshone Canyon. Yellowstone National Park, 1941.
  • Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River from Point Lookout. Yellowstone National Park, 1936.
  • New Crater Geyser near Norris Museum. Yellowstone National Park, 1931.
  • Midway Geyser Basin and Firehole River. Yellowstone National Park, 1941.
  • Vertical of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River and Lower Falls from Artist's Point. Yellowstone National Park, 1936.
  • View of head of Rock Creek from the summit of Red Lodge Highway in the Beartooth Mountains, Montana. Yellowstone National Park, 1936.
  • Pinnacles of volcanic braccia above Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River. Yellowstone National Park, 1933.
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