Upper Geyser Basin and Bears at Fountain Hotel at Mealtime – Vintage Print
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Upper Geyser Basin and Bears at Fountain Hotel at Mealtime comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Upper Geyser Basin and Bears at Fountain Hotel at Mealtime
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Bears gathering for scraps at the Fountain Hotel was one of Yellowstone's best-known sights, and this view pairs that scene with the Upper Geyser Basin, where steam and hot water rise from the same thermal ground. The hotel, built in the 1890s near Fountain Geyser, catered to travelers who came to see the park's geysers, and its open garbage dump drew black bears and grizzlies at mealtimes. Visitors found the feeding entertaining, but it taught bears to seek human food and led to injuries, and the practice was phased out later in the twentieth century. The picture is worth a closer look for how it shows wildlife and tourism sharing space in the park's early years.
| Original scan | 1,890 × 2,690 px · prints to 6 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | RRG0061c |
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