Great falls of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone Park – Vintage Wall Art
(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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Great falls of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone Park in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Great falls of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone Park
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The Great Falls of the Yellowstone River sit inside Yellowstone National Park, where the river drops roughly 308 feet over a sheer basalt wall before entering the canyon below. This stereograph, numbered 605 and dated to about 1901, would have been viewed through a stereoscope to give the falls a convincing sense of depth and scale. Stereo cards like this one were a popular way for American households to visit distant landmarks at the turn of the twentieth century, when the park was still relatively new as a federal reserve and rail travel was bringing visitors west in growing numbers.
| Created / published | c1901. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph, gelatin silver. |
| Notes | No. 605. Caption card tracings: Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 781 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-128409 |
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