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Yellowstone National Park: Auto above Shoshone dam – Historic Reproduction

Yellowstone National Park: Auto above Shoshone dam, c1917. — historic photograph
Yellowstone National Park: Auto above Shoshone dam, c1917.. 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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This rare historic photograph captures Yellowstone National Park: Auto above Shoshone dam in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Yellowstone National Park: Auto above Shoshone dam

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Few early photographs show a car perched on a dam, and this one, captioned as an automobile above Shoshone Dam, puts a touring vehicle at an unusual vantage point. The image is attributed to J.E. Haynes of St. Paul, whose studio supplied many views of Yellowstone and the surrounding region in the early twentieth century. Around 1917, private automobiles were still a new presence in the national parks, which had long been served mainly by horse-drawn stages and rail connections. The photograph captures that transition, when the car was becoming a common way for visitors to reach remote scenery.

Created / publishedc1917.
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsPhoto copyrighted by J.E. Haynes, St. Paul. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: National Parks; Autos--1917.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,912 × 1,500 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-141736

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