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Photograph of a Minot, North Dakota, Boy Scout troop cleaning up vandalism off of sandstone at Wind Canyon in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1961-08-26
Photograph of names and initials carved in sandstone at Wind Canyon in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1969-10-20
Photograph of names and initials carved in sandstone at Wind Canyon in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1969-10-20
Photograph of names and initials carved in sandstone at Wind Canyon in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1969-10-20
Photograph of names and initials carved in sandstone at Wind Canyon in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park; photograph taken in the summer of 1964.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1964
Photograph of names and initials carved in sandstone at Wind Canyon in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1969-10-20
Photograph of a screen door broken by vandals at the Old East Entrance Station in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1965-03-10
Photograph of Boy Scouts removing names and initials that had been carved into the sandstone at Wind Canyon in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1964
Photograph of Boy Scouts removing names and initials that had been carved into the sandstone at Wind Canyon in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1964
Photograph of graffiti on stone blocks of the River Bend Overlook Shelter in the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1966-05
William T. Hornaday is distressed and disgusted at the abundance of litter and vandalism encountered at parks, zoos, and other public places. At the New York Zoological Park, they have removed 100 park benches because of littering, and Hornaday places the blame on neighborhood women and “low class Jews.” Hornaday believes that American society has become too focused on personal liberty and has grown tolerant of the “disorderly element.” In a handwritten postscript, Hornaday describes the “worst case” of park vandalism encountered at the National Zoological Park, and the disappointing response from Charles D. Walcott, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1917-08-17