Mammoth Hot Springs Series. Upper Basins – Historic Print
(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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Mammoth Hot Springs Series. Upper Basins comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Mammoth Hot Springs Series. Upper Basins
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The "Upper Basins" view shows the terraced travertine formations at Mammoth Hot Springs in what is now Wyoming, where mineral-rich water builds up stone steps and pools over time. Issued in 1876 as number 103 in a series of 122 Yellowstone views, the card was made for the stereoscope, a parlor viewer that fused two side-by-side images into a single three-dimensional scene. Only a few years after Congress set aside Yellowstone as the first national park in 1872, such cards helped distant readers picture a landscape few had seen in person.
| Created / published | 1876 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph albumen. |
| Notes | No. 103. Title from item. Part of series: Yellowstone National Park illustrated by 122 views. · Marshall William I. (William Isaac) 1840-1906 publisher. |
| Subjects | Natural phenomena--Wyoming--Mammoth Hot Springs--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Stereograph Cards |
| Original scan | 4,893 × 2,455 px · prints to 16 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-269242 |
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