From our Yellowstone collection ...
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Bardell Fototone Miniatures
20 Views
Yellowstone National Park |
Here is a little packet of 20 black and white miniature photos of Yellowstone National Park. These little packets were available at souvenir stands in the Park, as well as, for example, railroad stations for trains that served tourists going to the Park. We are guessing these photos are from the 1920s based on the automobiles in a couple of the pictures. Actual size of the pics is about 2 1/2 by 4 inches. Information on who actually took the photos and Bardell is scarce. A web search will find a few more sets of Bardell Miniatures on other locations such as Niagara Falls and San Francisco. Several of the pictures are marked © N.P.Ry.Co. That would be copyright by Northern Pacific Railway Company. The N.P. was one of the major railroads that served Yellowstone. Their closest depot to the Park was in Gardiner, Montana at the Northern Entrance. The Official Photographer for the Park during this time was F. J. Haynes. He also did a lot of work for the N.P. Railway and may have been the photographer on some of these pictures.
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| Great Falls of the Yellowstone |
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| Mammoth Hotel |
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| Old Faithful Inn |
Next photo: Do you know the story behind "Fishing Cone"? Back in the early part of the 1900s a fisher person could stand on the edge of this hot spring and, once catching a fish in Lake Yellowstone, could swing around and cook the fish in the boiling water in the cone. The cone is still there today, but, of course, they will not let you walk out on it ... too dangerous they say.
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| Fishing Cone |
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| Northern Entrance Gateway |
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| Upper Falls |
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| Giant Geyser |
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| Old Faithful |
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| Yellowstone Park Bears |
Above picture: The Park bears are still one of the great attractions of the Park. Yes, tourists actually used to feed the bears! The Rangers will not let you do that now. They say it is dangerous and it is not good for the bears to be hooked on human food.
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| Angel Terrace, Mammoth Hot Springs |
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| Shoshone Canyon, Cody Road |
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| Golden Gate |
Photo below: In the early 1900s there were several business in the Park called Camping Companies. They set up tents at various locations around the Park and many tourists stayed in the Camps instead of in the more expensive hotels. The Camping Companies arranged tours and would take you around the Park in about 4 or 5 days ... stopping at a different camp each night.
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| View in one of the Camps |
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| Yellowstone Station, Official Western Entrance |
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| Elk Horns |
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| Chittenden Bridge |
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| Deer in Yellowstone |
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| Tower Falls |
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| Jupiter Terrace, Mammoth Hot Springs |
Photo below: Do you know the story about Handkerchief Pool? Here is what the Yellowstone Park website says: "One hundred years ago, one of the most famous attractions in Yellowstone was a small spring called Handkerchief Pool. Visitors threw dirty handkerchiefs into the water. The cloths were sucked into the depths, only to emerge a few minutes later, considerably cleaner. Other objects were also thrown into the hot spring, including coins, broken bottles, rocks, hair pins, and a small horseshoe. The plumbing system of Handkerchief Pool was damaged and eventually the spring became dormant. Today this hot spring has nearly been forgotten." You never know what you can learn on John's Island.
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| Handkerchief Pool |
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20 Views Package
Postage = 1 1/2 Cent |
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| 20 Views Package |
Thank you for stopping by John's Island.
