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Grand Canyon National Park Pictures

The airplane expedition to the Escalante region at the Grand Canyon airport. Left to right are: Pilot Johnson, Jesse Nusbaum, Thos. C. Vint, Merle Sager, and George A. Grant.
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The airplane expedition to the Escalante region at the Grand Canyon airport. Left to right are: Pilot Johnson, Jesse Nusbaum, Thos. C. Vint, Merle Sager, and George A. Grant.
Approximate Year: 1936

Nusbaum, Supt., Mesa Verde NP; Vint, Chief Landscape Architect; Sager, Landscape Architect; Grant, NPS Photographer. This photo was taken with Grant's camera (he probably set up the shot) by an airport employee.

Other Historic Photos

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Sonja Johnson, seasonal ranger, patrols the South Kaibab Trail. Forest fire scene - north rim.
Model lab. Artists and draftsman at work on contours and modeling. Grand Canyon model. (L to R): Mr. Arno B. Cammerer; Supt. M.R. Tillotson, Mrs. P. P. Patraw (aka Polly Mead); Mr. H.A. Hansen; and Supt. Patraw on North Rim. July 24, 1933. Riding down into the Canyon.
Tom Gray filming Vice President J.Danforth Quayle hiking with a group at Grand Canyon. Visitors silhoutted on the overlook at Grand Canyon.
From Yavapai Point, Looking up Bright Anglel Creek, June 25, 1929. Looking into Mouth of Little Colorado Canyon. Secretary of the Interior Donald Paul Hodel and his wwife at the Grand Canyon.
Departure from Grand Canyon: Scout Naturalists bidding goodbye to Hall and Grant. East Portion of Grand Canyon National Park. Drawn by Henry Peabody. One of the images used in View of Grand Canyon looking West.
Looking across Painted Desert, from Desert View. Mather at north rim of Grand Canyon 1920. The airplane expedition to the Escalante region at the Grand Canyon airport. Left to right are: Pilot Johnson, Jesse Nusbaum, Thos. C. Vint, Merle Sager, and George A. Grant.
Bright Angel Trail View of Canyon looking West. June 19, 1930. M.R. Tillotson, Superintendent, Grand Canyon NP, Robert Feckner, Director, CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps), Capt. Paolo Sperati (US Army).
General View. Stone Observation Tower (Desert View Watchtower) framed by branches.

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