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Escellsior [i.e., Excelsior] Geyser overflow – Historic Print

Escellsior [i.e., Excelsior] Geyser overflow — historic photograph
Escellsior [i.e., Excelsior] Geyser overflow. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Escellsior [i.e., Excelsior] Geyser overflow. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Escellsior [i.e., Excelsior] Geyser overflow

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Few features in Yellowstone show the power of its hot water as plainly as Excelsior Geyser, whose overflow here pours in a broad, steaming stream toward the Firehole River. Excelsior was among the park's most powerful geysers in the late 1800s, and even after its eruptions weakened, its runoff carried large volumes of heated water into the river. The parked automobiles and sightseers at the edge mark the years around 1917, when motor touring was rapidly replacing the stagecoach as the way most visitors saw the park.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notesc1917 Jan. 2.
SubjectsRivers--Wyoming--1910-1920. Automobiles--Wyoming--1910-1920. Sightseers--Wyoming--1910-1920. Firehole River (Wyo.)--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan6,413 × 5,177 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-211726

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