Crater of Periodical Hot Lake and Leaf Formation in Limestone Series. Leaf Form in Limestone. First View – Historic Photo Reproduction
(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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Crater of Periodical Hot Lake and Leaf Formation in Limestone Series. Leaf Form in Limestone. First View
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Few features at Mammoth Hot Springs drew more curiosity than the periodical hot lake, a basin whose water rose and drained on an irregular schedule. This card pairs that crater with a limestone formation whose ridges and edges resemble leaves. William Isaac Marshall published the view in 1876 as number 114 in a set of 122 stereographs documenting Yellowstone, at a time when photographers working alongside federal survey parties were bringing the park's springs and terraces to eastern audiences for the first time. Viewed through a stereoscope, the card gives the rim of the basin and the fine stone ridges a sense of depth that a flat print could not.
| Created / published | 1876 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph albumen. |
| Notes | No. 114. Title from item. Part of series: Yellowstone National Park illustrated by 122 views. · Marshall William I. (William Isaac) 1840-1906 publisher. |
| Subjects | Natural phenomena--Wyoming--Mammoth Hot Springs--1870-1880. Craters--Wyoming--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Stereograph Cards |
| Original scan | 4,880 × 2,469 px · prints to 16 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-268908 |
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