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Shenandoah National Park
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Big Meadows Comfort Station #1

Early Log Structures (13 Photos)

Log structures built early in the park's history.
Cars on Skyline Drive

Early Park (15 Photos)

Promotional Photogaphs
Bear Salt & Pepper Shakers

Early Park Souvenirs (26 Photos)

Shenandoah National Park Museum Collections - Early Park Souvenirs
AT Below Franklin Cliffs P13b

Early Trail Construction (36 Photos)

Historical Photographs of Shenandoah National Park Trail Construction, 1933-1942.
FDR visit to CCC Camps Aug 1933

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (10 Photos)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt at Shenandoah August 1933 visiting the CCC Camps and then at the Park Dedication, July 1936.
VA-119-001

HAER Photo Documentation (117 Photos)

The Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) for Skyline Drive
Nicholson and Corbin

Mountain Residents (50 Photos)

Residents of the mountain land before the park was established.
Black Rock Springs Bowling Alley

Pre-Park Resort Life (15 Photos)
Elk Wallow Segregated Facilities

Segregated Facilities 1939-1950 (14 Photos)

Lewis Mountain and other segrated facilities 1939-1950
Bank Sloping on Drive East of Pinnacles

Skyline Drive Construction (15 Photos)
The Hoovers on the foot bridge

The Hoovers and Rapidan Camp (13 Photos)
Bridge Construction #2

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (14 Photos)

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Big Meadows, Field training 1942-1943.
AT Below Franklin Cliffs P13b

Early Trail Construction (36 Photos)
Creating hiking trail

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) (74 Photos)

Civilian Conservation Corps living and working in Shenandoah National Park
 

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