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Zion National Park

George Grant photographed at Zion in 1929 and 1935
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Lady Mountain from above the campground. So named because of the Lady's figure to be seen on the east face from Zion Lodge. Zion National Park, 1929.
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Lady Mountain from above the campground. So named because of the Lady's figure to be seen on the east face from Zion Lodge. Zion National Park, 1929.

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  • Horseback party on Echo Canyon on East Rim Trail. Pot holes along stream bed. Zion National Park, 1929.
  • Sun Temple through trees from meadow northwest of Zion Lodge. Zion National Park, 1929.
  • The Switchbacks of Mount Carmel Highway between the tunnel and floor of Zion Canyon. Taken from a point over the Great Arch of Zion and the West Temple. Zion National Park, 1935.
  • Towers of the Virgin and the Altar of Sacrifice. Zion National Park, 1937.
  • The Three Wise Men with the bridge over the Virgin River in the foreground. Zion National Park, 1929.
  • The Great White Throne. Zion National Park, 1929.
  • Tourists leaving Zion Lodge for the Temple of Sinawava and the trail trip into the Narrows. Zion National Park, 1929.
  • View into Zion Canyon from east of the Observation Point. Zion National Park, 1929.
  • Lady Mountain from above the campground. So named because of the Lady's figure to be seen on the east face from Zion Lodge. Zion National Park, 1929.
  • The Three Wise Men and the East Temple , with an entrance check-in station in the foreground. Zion National Park, 1929.
  • Horseback party at west entrance to Zion Tunnel. This tunnel will shorten the distance from Zion to Bryce by 70 miles, from Zion to the north rim of the Grand Canyon by __ miles. Zion National Park, 1929.
  • Horseback party at west entrance to Mount Carmel Highway tunnel. Zion National Park, 1929.
  • Mr. F. S. Dellenbaugh, a survivor of Major (John Wesley) Powell's second expedition down the Colorado River in 1872. He carries under his arm the flag "Emma Dean" made by Major Powell's sister in Salt Lake in 1871 and flown from one of the boats. Visiting Zion as a guest of the Union Pacific Railroad. Zion National Park, 1929.
  • View along Mount Carmel Highway showing crossbedding of sandstone and weathered surface fractures. George Grant's NPS photographic car in the foreground. Zion National Park, 1929.
  • Curvilinear fractures , east wall of the Temple of Sinawava. Zion National Park, 1929.
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