The second cañon at the water's edge. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1871.
Dates
Date Taken
1871
Summary
Handwritten notes on album caption: 208. It's U. of Wyo. folio. 1970 missing from USGS albums in National Archives. See stereo 421, 422, and 423. 1871. This is Thomas Moran. 12/15/1970. N. Carico. The Yellowstone Series 1871. Descriptive catalog entry attached to album caption: No. 208. The second cañon at the water's edge. On one side rise abrupt perpendicular walls of gneiss, and on the opposite side, less abrupt, are scattered to a few cottonwoods among the mass of rocky debris affording pleasant shade for the fisherman, for the river in this neighborhood is most abundantly stocked with the largest and finest or trout.
Summary
Handwritten notes on album caption: 208. It's U. of Wyo. folio. 1970 missing from USGS albums in National Archives. See stereo 421, 422, and 423. 1871. This is Thomas Moran. 12/15/1970. N. Carico. The Yellowstone Series 1871.
Descriptive catalog entry attached to album caption: No. 208. The second caƱon at the water's edge. On one side rise abrupt perpendicular walls of gneiss, and on the opposite side, less abrupt, are scattered to a few cottonwoods among the mass of rocky debris affording pleasant shade for the fisherman, for the river in this neighborhood is most abundantly stocked with the largest and finest or trout.
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. Bound Album Collection, (200)1 HMi 1871 v. 1.
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