From our collection ... views from 1909
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| Lone Star Geyser "Most symmetrical and perfect geyser cone in the Park" |
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| The Growler, the Hurricane, and Old Constant Geyser "Here all is noise, uproar, confusion and surprises." |
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| Queer Old Liberty Cap and Mammoth Springs Hotel |
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| Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone "You are standing on Inspiration Point looking directly up the canyon toward Yellowstone Falls." |
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| Yellowstone Lake Paint Pots "The Paint Pots are like great cauldrons of cooking pigments, unlimited in quantity and in variety of color." |
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| Obsidian Cliffs "The material of which this escarpment of volcanic outpouring consists is a true natural glass." |
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| Commotion in the Devil's Ink Pot "Many things about the Yellowstone Park suggest the 'Lower Regions,' that place of torment, prepared for the sinful, and characterized by great heat and the fumes of burning brimstone." |
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| Castle Geyser and Its Indicator in Activity "The Castle has the largest and highest cone of any geyser in the park. It is about 30 feet in height and the diameter of the base is about 100 feet." |
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| Rocky Mountain Divide "One of the most interesting parts of the coach tour of the Park is along Isa Lake. When the water is high in this lake it actually flows out in two directions --- one part going to the Atlantic ocean and the other to the Pacific ocean." |
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| A Beaver Dam "Here we have true terraced pools, as whe have at the Hot Springs; but these are much larger, the waters are soft and cold, and the builders of these dams wer living and intelligent agents instead of unconscious chemical and physical forces." |
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| Sunset Glory, Lower Basin |
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| Upper Falls "The Upper Falls of the Yellowstone are interesting not only because of their rocky setting, which is unusually fine, but because the waters are so suddenly massed at the summit and so precipitately plunged into a deep, seething pool 112 feet below." |
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| #13578 -- A Thousand Time Better Than Words --- Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone "In whatever light and in whatever mood of mind one may view the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, he finds it surprising, beautiful, and enchanting." |
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| Summit of the Upper Falls |
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| After Winter's First Visit "In this view the young lady is standing between the roadside and the canyon of the Little Gardiner River, and is helping herself from a drift of freshly fallen snow." |
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| Gardiner and National Park Entrance "This view shows: The Gardiner Railway Station and the Monumental Arch which spans the carriage road as it crosses the northern boundary line of the Park." |
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| Old Faithful -- Queen of Geysers "The geyser here seen is perhaps the most famous in the world." |
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| Gateway to the Park "Visitors to the Yellowstone National Park, on leaving the railway station at Gardiner, immediately pass through the monumental stone archway, shown in this view, and thereby enter upon a governmental reservation that was set aside by Congressional enactment in 1872, 'For the benefit and enjoyment of the people.'" |
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| Bee Hive Geyser "The Bee Hive is one of the intensely interesting geysers of the Upper Basin." |
Are you wondering who took these photos and who deserves the credit? According to the Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin, "The Keystone View Company was founded in Meadville, Pennsylvania in 1892. By 1905 it was the foremost producer of stereo views in the world. From 1892 to 1963 Keystone produced both educational and comic/sentimental view images using staff photographers whose work was not credited. In 1963 the company was sold and its home-sales stereo view division was closed."
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| The Noisy Roadside Growler "The Growler is properly named." |
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| A Little Hot Pot, Crest of Jupiter Terrace "Watch it Boil!" |
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| Firehole River "The view on this card is of a spot along the Firehole Rive, but it is only a sample of hundreds of similar scenes in this wonderland." |
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| Hayden Valley "On this trip the tourist crosses the celebrated Hayden Valley, which with its meandering outline of forest border, approximately circular, has an average diameter of nearly ten miles." |
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| Great Falls and Grand Canyon |
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| Back of card: Great Falls and Grand Canyon and example of how each card has a description printed on the back. |
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| Looking Down the Grand Canyon from Inspiration Point |
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| Famous Fishpot and Beautiful Yellowstone Lake |
What do you think about these old photographs? Isn't it interesting to look at the changes in just over 100 years ... and, yet, Yellowstone itself has not really changed that much, has it?
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| Fascinating story of "one of those places they talk about." "Catch a trout from the cool waters of the lake and, without changing your position or taking the fish from the hook, can drop it in a hot spring and cook it to a finish." |
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| Golden Gate "The 'Golden Gate,' in the Yellowstone National Park, was so named, first, because the entrance from below appears like a gateway; and, second, because the abundance of yellow lichens that flourish on the walls of the cliffs gives to large patches, aggregating acres of surface, a decidedly yellow color." |
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| The old container showing its age. |
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| Overview of container and cards. |
