"Going-to-the-Sun Mountain, Glacier National Park," Montana by Ansel Adams grey Digital image courtesy of the

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9 13/16 x 7 1/4 in

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56" x 11" printed image)

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"Going-to-the-Sun Mountain, Glacier National Park," Montana by Ansel Adams grey Digital image courtesy of theIn the mid 1930's, Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes conceived the idea of commissioning painted murals for the department's headquarters building in Washington, DC. Impressed by Adams' work, Ickes later broadened the scope of the project to include mural size photographs and recommended Adams for the photographer. Adams began his travels to the parks in October 1941 and a year later submitted the prints in this series to Interior. None of the