Mount Cadillac
People walk on Natural Bridge in Bryce Canyon National Park.
Early scientists explore Crater Lake by skiff.
Tents and Native Americans at Glacier National Park
Horses and riders on Bright Angel Trail in the Grand Canyon National Park
A volcano explodes with a car in the foreground.
Two men pose in 1920 at Mesa Verde National Park at Cliff Palace.
Visitors climb over a crevasse in Mount Rainier National Park.
A driver takes a trip through the snow in the forest near Mount Rainier.
A group plays golf in Estes Park.
A camping party sits on top of a fallen Sequoia.
Two women stand outside a cabin with skis.
A man measures the width of the Mark Twain log in Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Park
An inn with Old Faithful in the background
Bears surround a man at a table in the woods.
A man climbs next to a geyser in Yellowstone National Park.
Diners at an outdoor restaurant in Yosemite National Park
A sign warns vistors to not get too close to the edge of a mountain.
A sled trail in Yosemite National Park with Half Dome in the background
A man on a horse stands in a river in Zion National Park.
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AcadiaAtop Mount Cadillac, 1934 The photos in this gallery are from the National Geographic Archive. Most have never before been published.

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Photograph by B. Anthony Stewart

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