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Crater of the Grand Geyser. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1872.

Dates

Date Taken
1872

Summary

Album caption and index card: Yellowstone National Park, Hot Springs and Geysers. 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 elegantly adorned with beautifully scalloped little reservoirs, filled with the clear, transparent waters from the geyser. [Yellowstone National Park] Wyoming. 1872. (Stereoscopic view similar to no. 191, jwh00191)

Contacts

Data Owner :
U.S. Geological Survey
Photographer :
Jackson, William Henry

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Available in the U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Collection, Jackson, W.H. Collection.

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Type Scheme Key
name photoLibrary jwh01577
number photoLibrary 19754
batch photoLibrary btch121
number_in_book photoLibrary 1577

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