two were by ansell adams and three were by commercial photographers. one of the unknown elders landscape photography. >> zero, great. >> yosemite was one. >> zion became. one of the things fdr did in utah, really. both of those arguing public works jobs. fdr signed that in august and then he did that with an executive order. he take arches and turned it into a mammoth national park it took zion national park and quadrupled. these were all strategies. his secretary of war was a democratic governor, conservationist from utah. sorry advantages of trying to market. this was starting with fdr and media. >> i am just curious, the very 1st one was el capitan and yosemite debuted in july 1934 and they sold of her 250,001st day.first d others were great smoky mountains, mesa verde, zion, trying to look at the map.and al >> to her by ansell adams. ansel the park service photographer. >> fascinating. >> and they did it all, the duck stamps remarkable contests and then the wpa posters for the national park which is now the retro and thing, incredible graphic photo

she became known as the apostle of the desert and got these beautiful books of photos, not of ansell adams quality but nature shots like that and was able to insinuate a meeting to the white house because she had been a donor and part of the california new deal movement and roosevelt had her in and a wheelchair. he's is okay. mi we will do a million acres in joshua tree, done. [laughter] some this is like a dream. she had to back off basically. it's not that easy. lawy that's for lawyers to do later.la i am just declaring it. as they said, stalin said about fdr, churchill would go up to you and cozy up and sneak his hand in your pocket to steal a coin, get something little, border definition. come smile at you, greet you, jim both hands into your pocket. that is what he was doing on behalf of protecting these wonderful places in america that we are celebrating our centennial. national grasslands, humans seashores. cape hatteras in north carolina. >> really excited about going to fight the spanish during the spanish war of 1898, excited i going to cuba, but as you talk about he was excited

>> it's hard to believe that you had an ansel adams lining a drawer. >> and your reaction?"wow." [ chuckles ] [ camera shutter clicks ] >> but it's not so black and white. >> did you say to yourself, "uh-oh -- legally, maybe i can't do this?" >> i was concerned about that. >> will this photo finish... bring riches...or regrets? >> i was also feeling like, if i sold too many, then i would lose that part of my mother. [ door creaks ]

to will by ansell adams and three were by commercial photographers. george grant is one of the unknown elders of the landscape photography. our new book is about him. i had to share that. >> great. there were ten in the series, yosemite was one, right? can you give us a couple of the other. >> let me call my husband up because his memory is better than mine. >> zion became one of the big -- one of the things fdr did in utah was try to make it a -- do you know that i do high and utah voted for fdr all the time. they were giving public works jobs and trying to make national parks so cedar breaks in utah, fdr signed that in august of 33 and then he did capital reefs with an executive order is a monument. today is a national park. he took arches which is a roadside a roadside attraction and turned it into a mammoth national park and took zion national park quadruple. the zion national park to enlarge the parks, these were all strategies. his secretary of war was a man named george durden and his first term. he was a democratic governor, environment conser

not with ansell adams quality, she was able to insinuate that in 1933 a meeting to meeting to the white house because she had been a donor and have been part of the new deal movement. roosevelt had her in, in a wheelchair and shows them all the photos and says okay, a million acres, we'll do a million acre joshua tree, now some of you are environmentalists and some had to back off, there is lisa and mining interests, that's for lawyers to do later, i am just declaring it. [laughter] as stalin said about fdr, he said that churchill would go up to you and cozy up and sneak his hand in your pocket to steal a coin get something little border definition, is something that he use the money -- he would smile and greet you and jan both hands into your pocket and grab everything out. that is what he was doing on behalf of protecting these wonderful places that we're celebrating its national seashores fdr created all of this when he created this in north carolina brought that into the pork park system. >> he was going to fight the spanish in the war of 1898, he was really excited about going to c