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Mildred E. Baker Travel Scrapbook Collection
Volumes 6-7
Memorable Days on Teton Trails

Visual Materials

Memorable Days on Teton Trails

Description: Volume with typescript detailed narrative and 111 snapshots of a pack trip to Grand Teton National Park from July 14-29, 1934, by Baker, Huck, and Crisp. Includes a list of identified flowers, shrubs, trees, ferns, and birds that were seen. The scrapbook also contains a map of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, as well as newspaper clippings, postcards, and a pamphlet on the Grand Teton National Park from the United States Department of the Interior (1934). Leather binding stamped "Grabau."
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1934
Call number: photCL 237
Creator: Baker, Mildred E (1899-1987)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Mildred Baker McVey, March 1974.; Gift of Mildred Baker McVey, October 1990.
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Grabau, John F., (1878-1948.)

Grabau, John F., (1878-1948,)

Huck, Florence A. (1881-1956.)

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