Central Basins, Mammoth Hot Springs – Historic 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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This rare historic photograph captures Central Basins, Mammoth Hot Springs in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Central Basins, Mammoth Hot Springs
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Few places in Yellowstone look as sculpted as the Central Basins at Mammoth Hot Springs, where mineral-rich water has built up stepped terraces of travertine over thousands of years. This stereograph, number 93 in a series of 122 views of the park, was published around 1876 by W.I. Marshall of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Yellowstone had been set aside as the first national park only a few years earlier, in 1872, and views like this one helped introduce its hot springs and geysers to audiences in the East. Viewed through a stereoscope, the two nearly identical images would have given the terraces a convincing sense of depth.
| Created / published | Fitchburg, Mass. : Published by W.I. Marshall, c1876. |
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| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph, albumen. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1870-1880.Albumen prints 1870-1880. |
| Notes | No. 93. Title from item. Part of series: Yellowstone National Park, illustrated by 122 views. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,608 × 4,431 px · prints to 15 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 883_Central_Basins_Mammoth_1876 |
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