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Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone Park – Antique Print

Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone Park, Philadelphia, Pa. : Geo. W. Griffith, publisher, c1902. — historic photograph
Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone Park, Philadelphia, Pa. : Geo. W. Griffith, publisher, c1902.. 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: Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone Park, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone Park

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Old Faithful, the geyser named on this card, sits in Wyoming's part of Yellowstone, though the catalog's subject heading lists California, a quirk researchers should note. The Washburn expedition named it in 1870 for its fairly regular eruptions. Yellowstone had become the nation's first national park in 1872, and by the early 1900s stereo cards like this one carried its wonders into parlors across the country. Viewed through a stereoscope, the twin images fused into a single scene with depth.

Created / publishedPhiladelphia, Pa. : Geo. W. Griffith, publisher, c1902.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
GenreStereographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesH12815 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5012.
SubjectsGeysers--California--1900-1910. Yellowstone National Park--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,280 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-177842

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