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Scenery of the Yellowstone National Park--Mammoth Hot Springs, lower basins, looking up – Antique Wall Art

Scenery of the Yellowstone National Park--Mammoth Hot Springs, lower basins, looking up, [ca. 1872] — historic photograph
Scenery of the Yellowstone National Park--Mammoth Hot Springs, lower basins, looking up, [ca. 1872]. 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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A window into the past: Scenery of the Yellowstone National Park--Mammoth Hot Springs, lower basins, looking up, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Few places in the Yellowstone country look as sculpted as the lower basins at Mammoth Hot Springs, and this view tilts upward so the eye climbs the stepped travertine terraces. It dates to about 1872, the year Congress set aside Yellowstone as the first national park, and it was made for the Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, the federal expedition led by Ferdinand V. Hayden. Albumen prints like this one carried images of the region's geology back to officials, scientists and the public in the East. The terraces formed as hot water rich in dissolved calcium carbonate cooled and left mineral deposits behind.

Created / published[ca. 1872]
Medium1 photographic print : albumen.
GenreLandscape photographs 1870-1880.Albumen prints 1870-1880.
NotesNo. 217.
SubjectsGeological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)--1870-1880. Springs--Wyoming--1870-1880. Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan2,623 × 1,500 px · prints to 9 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-121469

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