Going-to-the-Sun Road Construction Photo Collection Now Available

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The Glacier National Park Conservancy recently announced that they assisted in the digitization of Glacier National Park’s photographic archives. One such collection highlights photos from the construction and dedication of Going-to-the-Sun Road. Here’s what the GNPC posted on their website:

Glacier National Park’s archives contain a wealth of fascinating materials and valuable historic documents, but with no park museum to display historic artifacts, documents, and photos, few people laid eyes on these incredible resources. A major digitization effort in Glacier’s archives is changing that—and so far, the results are amazing!

A collection of historic photos from the construction and dedication of Going-to-the-Sun Road, now available to the public on the Montana Memory Project give a glimpse into the harrowing and spectacular lives of those building this famous road.

With the support of our donors, the Glacier National Park Conservancy was able to support a Museum Technician position to work with these photographs. GNPC also funded work by the park librarian to add metadata to the images, putting them in their proper historical context.

To view the collection, please click here.

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