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[The Grand Canyon and Great Fall of the Yellowstone River, Yellowstone National Park, reached by the Northern Pacific Railway via Gardiner Gateway] – Historic Print

[The Grand Canyon and Great Fall of the Yellowstone River, Yellowstone National Park, reached by the Northern Pacific Railway via Gardiner Gateway], [between 1909 and 1932] — historic photograph
[The Grand Canyon and Great Fall of the Yellowstone River, Yellowstone National Park, reached by the Northern Pacific Railway via Gardiner Gateway], [between 1909 and 1932]. 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 [The Grand Canyon and Great Fall of the Yellowstone River, Yellowstone National Park, reached by the Northern Pacific Railway via Gardiner Gateway]. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Few views in the park match the drop at the Lower Fall of the Yellowstone River, where the water plunges about 308 feet into the canyon below. Copyrighted by Gifford for the Northern Pacific Railway, the view presents the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone as a destination reached by train through the Gardiner Gateway at the park's north entrance. The Northern Pacific's line to Gardiner, completed in 1903, brought visitors close to the park's geysers and canyons, and railroad promotion like this helped shape how Americans pictured Yellowstone in the early twentieth century. The National Photo Company, which produced many such views, made them for travelers and tourist markets.

Created / published[between 1909 and 1932]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1940.
NotesCopyright by Gifford for Northern Pacific Ry. Co. No. 3801. National Photo Company Collection.
SubjectsCanyons--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1940. Waterfalls--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1940. Yellowstone River--1900-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,326 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-177880

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