The tower of Tower Falls, Yellowstone / TM ; Prang's American Chromo. – 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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Step back in time with The tower of Tower Falls, Yellowstone / TM ; Prang's American Chromo., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The tower of Tower Falls, Yellowstone / TM ; Prang's American Chromo.
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Tower Falls takes its name from the tall volcanic spires of rock that rise beside its cascade on Tower Creek, and this chromolithograph gives those pinnacles and the rushing water equal weight. Louis Prang's Boston firm produced it around 1875, a few years after Congress made Yellowstone the first national park in 1872. Prang's color prints carried images of western scenery to eastern parlors and classrooms, at a time when many Americans knew such landscapes only through written accounts and expedition reports. Notice how the printers layered many stones of color to suggest the warm tones of the rock and the cool shadows of the falls.
| Created / published | c1875. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Landscape prints 1870-1880.Chromolithographs 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Copyright by L. Prang & Co. |
| Subjects | Rock formations--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880. Rivers--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 885 × 1,293 px · prints to 3 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217267 |
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