U.S. National Parks – Object #6

Grand Canyon National Park

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<p>The poster shows the plateaus and canyon, with the Colorado River running through it.</p>

Works Progress Administration poster advertising Grand Canyon National Park, ca. 1938

Excerpts

“A Free Government Service. Grand Canyon National Park. U.S. Department of the Interior. National Park Service.
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Questions:

What landforms do you see in this photograph? Are they unusual?

Why do you think this poster was created?

Why do you think this place became a national park?

Citations

Works Progress Administration. “Grand Canyon National Park, a Free Government Service.” ca. 1938. [Washington, D.C.: Department of the Interior, National Park Service] Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.