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English: en:Ansel Adams, 1941, 79-AAJ-3

Cliff Palace, round tower, en:Mesa Verde

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 project was halted because of World War II and never resumed.

The holdings of the National Archives Still Picture Branch include 226 photographs taken for this project, most of them signed and captioned by Adams. Almost all are in the public domain. https://www.archives.gov/research/ansel-adams/

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"The vast majority of the digital images in the Archival Research Catalog (ARC) are in the public domain. Therefore, no written permission is required to use them. We would appreciate your crediting the National Archives and Records Administration as the original source. For the few images that remain copyrighted, please read the instructions noted in the "Access Restrictions" field of each ARC record." https://www.archives.gov/faqs/

This image is Public Domain -- see https://www.archives.gov/research/ansel-adams/
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Ansel Adams  (1902–1984)    wikidata:Q60809  q:en:Ansel Adams
 
Ansel Adams
Alternative names
Ansel Easton Adams
Description American photographer, pianist, writer, mountaineer, university teacher and environmentalist
Date of birth/death 20 February 1902  Edit this at Wikidata 22 April 1984  Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death San Francisco Carmel-by-the-Sea
Work period 1930  Edit this at Wikidata–1984  Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
American West
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creator QS:P170,Q60809

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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.


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