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English: From a Washington Post newspaper in 1953, this cartoon accurately depicts how the United States public viewed their national parks and the private interests that threatened them. The 1950's had a surge of outdoor tourism and the public sector pushed back against private intrests for the preservation of all national parks in the US.
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Source Stockmen's Fight to Acquire Vested Interest in Public Lands, undated & Teton National Park, Box 54, Izaak Walton League of America. Wyoming Division, Collection Number 00301, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming. https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wyu-ah00301.xml
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This comic illustrates how the public mood shifted in favor of conservation of national parks during the 1950's

15 March 1953

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