George A. Grant

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George A. Grant, an American photographer, was the first Chief Photographer for the U.S. National Park Service (NPS). He was hired by Horace M. Albright in 1929 to create a documentary file of images for use by the Park Service in reports, interpretive projects, education, and public information. Grant, until his retirement in 1954, created approximately 30,000-40,000 images of NPS areas. These images include -- but are not limited to -- the following: events, personnel, architecture, archaeology, stamps, and Native Americans. Because of their significance to NPS history, Grant's images have been included in the National Park Service Historic Photograph Collection.

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This article incorporates text from the Eminent National Park Service Photographers website, a public domain document. For the U.S., federal government works are not eligible for copyright protection (17 USC 105).

See also: U.S. government works in Wikipedia: Public domain

• George A. Grant biographical sketch, the primary source for this article.

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• George A Grant photographs at the NPS Historic Photograph Collection

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George A. Grant photographs for National Park Service

Fort Matanzas National Monument, 1937

Scotts Bluff National Monument, 1938

Near Olympic National Park, 1936