"The Tetons - Snake River," Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 1942
In 1941, the National Park Service commissioned noted photographer Ansel Adams to create a photo mural for the Department of the Interior Building in Washington, DC. The theme was to be nature as exemplified and protected in the U.S. National Parks. The mural project was halted because of World War II and never resumed; however, the photographs remained. Much later, in 1962, the National Archives accessioned original prints of the photographs into the holdings of the Still Picture Branch. The image is one of the many majestic photographs of the American West from this series taken by Adams.
The original caption reads: "‘The Tetons - Snake River,’ Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.” National Archives Identifier: 519904/Local Identifier: 79-AAG-1. View in National Archives Catalog
View and download The Tetons - Snake River," Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming in the National Archives Catalog. This photograph is from Record Group 79, Records of the National Park Service, Series: Ansel Adams Photographs of National Parks and Monuments. All photographs from the series are available to view and download in the National Archives Catalog.
You can explore more of Ansel Adams's photographic works held by the Still Picture Branch through the National Archives Catalog, through the Special Media Records Division blog: The Unwritten Record, on History Hub, or in person at our research room in College Park, MD.