[Cavalryman guard at Midway geyser basin, Yellowstone National Park] – Vintage Wall Art
![[Cavalryman guard at Midway geyser basin, Yellowstone National Park], [1903] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/36/3652eb2f1867-L.webp)
(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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[Cavalryman guard at Midway geyser basin, Yellowstone National Park] 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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[Cavalryman guard at Midway geyser basin, Yellowstone National Park]
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A mounted soldier keeps watch over the hot springs and geysers of Midway Geyser Basin, along the Firehole River, in this 1903 view. Before the National Park Service was created in 1916, Army cavalry troops guarded Yellowstone, patrolling against poachers, vandals, and visitors who broke off geyser formations or wandered onto fragile thermal ground. Frances Benjamin Johnston, a Washington photographer, recorded the scene as number 36 in her collection, preserving a reminder of the military's role in protecting the park during its early decades.
| Created / published | [1903] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. No. 36. |
| Subjects | Guards--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,139 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-169417 |
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