- George A. Grant
George A. Grant, an American photographer, was the first Chief Photographer for the U.S.
National Park Service (NPS). He was hired byHorace 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.ources and references
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 ( [http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#105 17 USC 105] )."See also:"
* [http://home.nps.gov/applications/hafe/hfc/eminent.cfm?Photo_code=grant George A. Grant biographical sketch] , the primary source for this article.
External links
* [http://home.nps.gov/applications/hafe/hfc/npsphoto3.cfm George A Grant photographs] at the [http://home.nps.gov/applications/hafe/hfc/npsphoto.cfm NPS Historic Photograph Collection]
Gallery
Fort Matanzas National Monument , 1937
Scotts Bluff National Monument , 1938
Olympic National Park , 1936
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