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Midnight in Zion Canyon

Oil painting titled 'Midnight in Zion Canyon' showing night landscape by impressionist painter Howard Russell Butler. In 1926, the Union Pacific Railroad commissioned Butler to paint a series of landscapes for promotion of the Colorado Plateau's scenic marvels as a part of the Union Pacific Railroad's 'Grand Circle Tour.' He completed seven large paintings of Zion National Park. These paintings were used in a traveling exhibit by the Union Pacific to promote tourism in the region. They represent the early history of the establishment of Zion National Park as well as early tourism promotion in Utah. The paintings are nationally significant as they represent the early period of National Park Service development of visitor recreation and transportation. Thanks to a grant received from the State of Utah's Office of Museum Services, conservators have cleaned, reframed, and stabilized and framed this historic painting allowing it to be exhibited safely.

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Zion National Park, Code: ZION

Zion National Park, Utah

NPS Museum Catalog Number : ZION 14580
NPS Museum Accession Number : ZION-01059

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ZION Visual Art
Zion National Park

Title: The Art of Howard Russell Butler
URL: https://www.nps.gov/media/photo/gallery.htm?id=278EACF4-155D-451F-67AD91D0EE695501

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01/01/1926

Public Can View

Howard Russell Butler

Person: Museum Curator
Organization: Zion National Park
Position: Museum Curator
Address: Zion National Park, State Route 9, Springdale, UT 84767
Email: zion_museum@nps.gov

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Monday, April 23, 2018 1:42:52 PM

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