Mammoth public auto camp – Vintage Wall Art
(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 Mammoth public auto camp. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Set in the Mammoth Hot Springs area at the northern edge of Yellowstone National Park, this view shows a public auto camp dated to about 1923. Private automobiles had been admitted to the park in 1915, and by the early 1920s motorists were arriving in growing numbers, so facilities like this one were built to house them. Photographer Jack Ellis Haynes, the park's longtime official photographer, ran a studio at Mammoth and recorded scenes like this for visitors. The camp reflects the shift from stagecoach and rail tours toward self-driven travel.
| Created / published | c1923. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Photo copyrighted by J.E. Haynes. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ind.; Wyo.--Yellowstone; Tourist coamps, hostels, etc.; Natl. parks; Camping; Photog. I.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,212 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-140439 |
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