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The Castle Geyser, Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park – Antique Wall Art

The Castle Geyser, Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, c1874. — antique lithograph
The Castle Geyser, Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, c1874.. Antique lithograph from the Yellowstone collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This antique lithograph of The Castle Geyser, Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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The Castle Geyser, Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park

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Castle Geyser takes its name from the tall, weathered mound of silica deposits that rises around its vent, a feature that makes it stand out even in the Upper Geyser Basin, the densest cluster of geysers in Yellowstone. The park had been established only about two years earlier, in 1872, and this chromolithograph was issued around 1874 in Prang's American Chromos series, a Boston firm's effort to bring color views of the American landscape into homes. Its bright palette was meant to convey the strangeness of the thermal features to viewers who would never travel west to see them.

Created / publishedc1874.
Medium1 print : chromolithograph.
NotesPrang's American Chromos.
SubjectsGeysers--Wyoming--1870-1880. Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880. Upper Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1870-1880.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,201 × 829 px · prints to 4 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-217040

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