General Grant National Park Poster

National Park poster designs have been important to design culture since their inception; origionally they were silkscreened, many of the earlier designs using five or fewer layers of ink. The posters were used for more than just advertising the parks, many also promoted public health, the arts, and were even considered war propoganda. There are only around 40 of these origional prints in existence today. Today there is controversy surrounding many of the parks themselves; from racial relations to figures like Robert E. Lee. In Kings Canyon National Park (founded March of 1940), there is a tree named after the confederate general; the name cannot be changed without approval from congress and/or the national parks service