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The 15th, Robert Stanton, and the 7th, George B. Hartzog Jr., @NatlParkService directors shaking hands. This image is from the Hartzog papers at @ArchivesClemson. Clemson also has the papers of former directors Stanton, Walker, Everhardt, Dickenson, Mott, Ridenour, and Mainella!

We may have a few images squirreled away for #ArchivesOutdoors! See you in August, #ArchivesHashtagParty . . . Mangrove fox squirrel, 1954, @EvergladesNPS purl.clemson.edu/DDEC5B67EAF…

Did we miss a turn somewhere? Road trips before GPS required real paper maps! Can you imagine? 📷: Family reading map, Cades Cove, Tennessee, 1957 @GreatSmokyNPS #ArchivesHashtagParty #ArchivesRoadTrip

This #ArchivesHashtagParty is #ArchivesRoadTrip! Since parks and road trips go hand-in-hand, we’ll be sharing a couple of our favorites - so buckle up! 📷: Family in Pontiac station wagon, Colleton State Park, circa 1965 @SC_State_Parks

"And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul." - John Muir #InternationalForestDay 📷: Close view of fir forest on top of Mt. LeConte, @GreatSmokyNPS , September 1935

Last is Ranger Marguerite Lindsley who was hired by Yellowstone NP Superintendent Horace Albright in 1921 and by 1925 she became the FIRST permanent female Park Ranger at @YellowstoneNPS #ArchivesAwesomeWomen #ArchivesHashtagParty #WomensHistoryMonth

Ranger Freida B. Nelson was hired in 1925 by @YellowstoneNPS Superintendent, Horace Albright. The group 📷was taken in 1929 of Wyoming Governor Nellie Ross shaking hands with Nelson, and Albright standing on right #WomensHistoryMonth #ArchivesAwesomeWomen #ArchivesHashtagParty

For #WomensHistoryMonth and #ArchivesHashtagParty today is #ArchivesAwesomeWomen, we will highlight some of the first women Park Rangers hired by Yellowstone NP Superintendent, Horace Albright in the 1920s. 📷 Herma Albertson, Ranger Naturalist, @YellowstoneNPS, September 1929

#HappyChineseNewYear! In honor of #TheYearOfTheDog, here is a photo from @MammothCaveNP collections 📷: Dog apprehensively approaching the Mammoth Cave Hotel, 1941 #doghouse #doghotel

Happy ❤️ Day! 📷: Child in heart costume for Mummers Parade, January 1, 1938, Mammoth in @YellowstoneNPS #ValentinesDay

One of the more concerning photos in our collections for #NationalBoyScoutsDay. Did any of you boy scouts ever do this? 📷: Scout leader demonstrates cuddly aspects of non-poisonous reptiles to boy scouts, 1940, in @MammothCaveNP purl.clemson.edu/E4662A7BD93…

More for #ArchivesBlackHistory #ArchivesHashtagParty #BlackHistoryMonth2018 📷: African American enrollees in the #CivilianConservationCorps breaking rocks and for 'chow' in the caves of @MammothCaveNP during 1934-1935 See more 👉openparksnetwork.org/explore…

For #ArchivesHashtagParty, #blackhistorymonth, and #ArchivesBlackHistory 📷: 4th year Class, Storer College, 1940 Storer College was a Historically Black College located in Harpers Ferry, WV, now part of @HarpersFerryNPS. See more 👉openparksnetwork.org/explore…

Including the original caption in honor of #NationalPieDay! 📷: Savages at Pie-Eating Contest, Lake Hotel, @YellowstoneNPS, July 4, 1930.

For all the @ClemsonUniv folks and surrounding area - enjoy the snow day! ❄️❄️❄️❄️ 📷: Children sledding on Dome Road, Indian Gap, @GreatSmokyNPS, January, 1966 purl.clemson.edu/F9A174AE12D…

Here's a remarkable bird for #NationalBirdDay from Biscayne NP. The #frigatebird is the only known bird to enter clouds. While they spend their life at sea, they don't land in the water. They hitch rides on updrafts of cumulus clouds and soar up to 12k feet and 2 months at a time

Have you ever seen a snow-plane? These images from the @YellowstoneNPS Photo Album collection show an early version of the #snowmobile which included propeller power and a ski in front. #museumsnowballfight #snowplane

If you're in the #BombCyclone this picture might be relatable. Arthur Stupka, one of the first naturalists in the National Park Service, took this photo in 1940 of Willis King, another naturalist, standing next to a frozen waterfall at Ramsey Cascades in @GreatSmokyNPS

#HappyNewYear! There is no better way to start 2018 off strong than to get outside and take a #FirstDayHike! 📷: Unidentified hiker, Table Rock State Park, @SC_State_Parks Also, send good luck to the Clemson University Tigers football team playing in the Sugar Bowl today! 🏈🐅