Vintage posters of America's national parks – in pictures
A collection of posters created to promote tourism to the national parks is part of the creative legacy of the New Deal developed by Franklin D Roosevelt. Between 1938 and 1941, the Works Progress Administration and its Federal Arts Project designed a series of artworks promoting, and inspired by, the landscapes and wildlife of the parks. The collection is housed in the Library of Congress
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Promotional poster for travel to Montana, United States Travel Bureau, late 1930s. All Images: Library of Congress
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Grand Canyon national park poster, National Park Service, circa 1938
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Old Faithful erupting at Yellowstone national park, circa 1938
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A poster for travel to national parks, designed by J Hirt in 1939, featuring two bighorn sheep
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Zion national park features on a poster circa 1938
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The Arches national park in Utah depicted on a late 1930s poster for the United States Travel Bureau
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A poster for Lassen Volcanic national park poster, shows Lassen peak erupting, circa 1938
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A 1938 design shows a view of Fort Marion in Florida
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Promotional poster for tourism in America by the United States Travel Bureau, from the late 1930s
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Poster from 1940 showing a deer drinking from a stream in the forest
