Crater of the Grand Geyser. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1872.
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1872
Summary
Album caption and index card: Crater of the Grand Geyser. Nearly opposite the Castle, and so named from the great force and power it displays in its eruptions, varying from 150 to 250 feet in height. For a space of 10 feet about the crater the surface is adorned with beautifully scalloped little reservoirs, filled with the clear, transparent waters from the geyser. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1872. See also: jwh01577 Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1872 Series, page 43, No. 444: Crater of the Grand Geyser. Nearly opposite the Castle, and so named from the great force and power it displays in its eruptions, [...]
Summary
Album caption and index card: Crater of the Grand Geyser. Nearly opposite the Castle, and so named from the great force and power it displays in its eruptions, varying from 150 to 250 feet in height. For a space of 10 feet about the crater the surface is adorned with beautifully scalloped little reservoirs, filled with the clear, transparent waters from the geyser. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1872.
See also: jwh01577
Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1872 Series, page 43, No. 444: Crater of the Grand Geyser. Nearly opposite the Castle, and so named from the great force and power it displays in its eruptions, varying from 150 to 250 feet in height. For a space of ten feet about the crater the surface is elegantly adorned with beautifully-scalloped little reservoirs, filled with the clear, transparent waters from the geyser.
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Descriptive catalogue of the photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories for the years 1869 to 1875, inclusive: Miscellaneous publications - No. 5
Available in the U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Collection, Jackson, W.H. Collection.
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