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[Tower Falls, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming] – Antique Wall Art

[Tower Falls, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming], [ca. 1872] — historic photograph
[Tower Falls, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming], [ca. 1872]. Historic photograph 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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[Tower Falls, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Tower Falls, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming]

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Tower Falls, a 132-foot cascade on Tower Creek, is set among tall, eroded rock spires that gave the fall its name. This ca. 1872 print, numbered 234 in its series, comes from the Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, the federal survey directed by William Henry Holmes's contemporaries and led by Ferdinand V. Hayden, whose 1871 and 1872 expeditions helped make the case for protecting Yellowstone as the nation's first national park in 1872. Photographs like this one, made by survey photographers such as William Henry Jackson, were circulated to Congress and the public, so the scene carried real weight in the park's creation.

Created / published[ca. 1872]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreLandscape photographs 1870-1880.Photographic prints 1870-1880.
NotesNo. 234.
SubjectsGeological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)--1870-1880. Waterfalls--Wyoming--1870-1880. Trees--Wyoming--1870-1880. Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan769 × 1,024 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-124083

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