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Fort Yellowstone Cavalry - the U.S. soldiers who guard the great National Park – Historic Print

Fort Yellowstone Cavalry - the U.S. soldiers who guard the great National Park, c1903. — historic photograph
Fort Yellowstone Cavalry - the U.S. soldiers who guard the great National Park, c1903.. 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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Step back in time with Fort Yellowstone Cavalry - the U.S. soldiers who guard the great National Park, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Soldiers of the U.S. Army cavalry were stationed at Fort Yellowstone, the post at Mammoth Hot Springs, when this stereograph was made around 1903. From 1886 until the National Park Service was created in 1916, Army troops administered Yellowstone, patrolling its roads and backcountry against poachers, vandals and careless campers. Underwood & Underwood, the stereo publisher, sold cards like this one to a public eager to see the park's geysers and wildlife. The card reminds viewers that the nation's first national park was protected by the military long before civilian rangers took over.

Created / publishedc1903.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
SubjectsH31891 U.S. Copyright Office. Stereo by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Army, US--Natl. park guards; Natl. Parks; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,500 × 1,707 px · prints to 5 × 6 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-129107

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