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With the celebration of the National Park Service’s 101st birthday today, here’s a unique look at the history of the National Parks through my grandfather’s camera lens.

Armed with my grandfather’s travel photographs, and my grandmother’s journals, I’ve spent the last four years roaming the United States in search of the exact locations where my grandparents once stood.

Tunnel View in Yosemite National Park | April 1979 & May 2015

Ruby Beach in Olympic National Park, Washington | June 1981 & June 2016

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Theodore Roosevelt National Park near Medora, North Dakota | 1973 & 2016

Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park | 1973 & 2016

Lower Yosemite Falls in Yosemite National Park | April 1979 & May 2015

Badlands National Park | 1973 & May 2013

Grand Teton National Park | 1973 & 2016



Mount Rainier National Park Visitor Center | June 1981 & June 2016





Madison Information Station in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming | September 1974 & June 2016

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Theodore Roosevelt National Park | 1973 & 2016



Yosemite National Park Entrance | April 1979 & May 2015

Hidden Falls Footbridge in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming | 1973 & 2015

Zion National Park Entrance | September 1974 & May 2016

Yosemite National Park, California | April 1979 & May 2015





Natural Bridge at Bryce Canyon National Park | 1974 & 2016



Yosemite National Park | April 1979 & May 2015

Box Canyon in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington | June 1981 & June 2016

Jenny Lake Trail Bridge in Grand Teton National Park | 1973 & 2016

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