Oct 18, 2013 - Sale 2326

Sale 2326 - Lot 168

Price Realized: $ 2,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
WILLIAM WILLMARTH (DATES UNKNOWN) NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA ROCKIES. 1934.
41x27 inches, 104x68 1/2 cm.
Condition B+ / B: expertly restored losses in top right corner and image; repaired tears at edges.
In an attempt to encourage citizens to travel to the National Parks, Franklin 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, which were released the same year.