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WILLIAM WILLMARTH (1898-1984)
NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA ROCKIES / NATIONAL PARKS YEAR. 1934.
40 3/4x26 1/2 inches, 103 1/2x67 1/4 cm. Condition B+: expertly-replaced loss in bottom left margin; minor repaired tears and creases in image. Framed.
In an attempt to encourage citizens to travel to the National Parks, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared 1934 to be National Parks Year. Speaking from Glacier National Park on August 5th, 1934, Roosevelt declared "I am glad to say that there has been a magnificent response and that the numbers visiting our national parks has shown a splendid increase." Posters were heavily involved in this campaign, as were National Parks Year postage stamps. Willmarth, along with his brother Kenneth, began working for the Union Pacific Railroad in 1930. They designed several works together, which were signed "Willmarths," and each did individual work as well.
