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Yellowstone National Park: Auto above Shoshone dam – Vintage Wall Art

Yellowstone National Park: Auto above Shoshone dam, c1917. — historic photograph
Yellowstone National Park: Auto above Shoshone dam, c1917.. Historic photograph from the Automobiles 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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Yellowstone National Park: Auto above Shoshone dam

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A car on the road above Shoshone Dam is the detail that sets this view apart from the park's many scenic views. The dam sits on the Shoshone River near Cody, Wyoming, just outside the park's eastern edge, and it was completed around 1910 as part of an irrigation project. By the time this photograph was taken, around 1917, private automobiles had been allowed into Yellowstone for only a couple of years, and the picture records the new mobility that was reshaping how visitors reached the region's wonders. The print was made by J.E. Haynes of St. Paul, whose family studio produced many Yellowstone views for tourists.

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 scan1,536 × 1,214 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-141736

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