Skyway with vistitors

Skyway with vistitors

National parks and reserves -- Public use

Roads -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)

The first major road project undertaken by the federal government in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was the skyline road, or “Skyway,” from Newfound Gap to Kuwohi (Clingmans Dome 1859-2024). This photograph was made by George Alexander Grant (1891-1964), first chief photographer for the National Park Service. Grant began work in 1929 under Horace Albright, second NPS director, who hired him to create a documentary file of images for use in reports, interpretive projects, education, and public information. Considered an Eminent Photographer, many of Grant’s photographs were published without his name, instead, being credited as an “NPS photo.” Before his retirement in 1954, Grant created approximately 30,000-40,000 images for NPS.

Grant, George Alexander, 1891-1964

George Grant Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1930s

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2015-04-07

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Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)

Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)

4.25" x 5.25"(dimension)

Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America