Lower Falls of Yellowstone – 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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A window into the past: Lower Falls of Yellowstone, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Lower Falls of Yellowstone
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The Lower Falls of the Yellowstone drop about 308 feet over a basalt cliff in the canyon, and this albumen print from around 1892 captures that plunge from a viewpoint the early park tourist trade made famous. The print comes from the studio of William Henry Jackson, the photographer whose images of Yellowstone helped persuade Congress to protect the area as the first national park in 1872. Its later place in the Detroit Publishing Company collection shows how widely such views circulated as travel souvenirs, carrying the park's scenery to viewers far from Wyoming.
| Created / published | c1892. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print mounted on mat board : albumen ; image 43 x 52 cm. |
| Notes | W.H. Jackson Phot. Co. |
| Subjects | National parks & reserves. Waterfalls.United States--Wyoming--Yellowstone National Park. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 4,129 × 2,012 px · prints to 14 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | tif09581_LowerfallsofYellowstone |
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