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Album caption: Mount St. Helens, before and after the eruption of May 18, 1980. Painting by D. Molenaar, U.S. Geological Survey. Skamania County, Washington. (Same as MSH-Molenaar 1cp and 1ct) Index card unavailable.
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Album caption and index card: (Sketch) The Gallatin Range, viewed from the southeast, with Gibbon Geyser basin in the foreground. From Holmes (1883): a, White Peaks; b, Mount Holmes; c, Trilobite Point; d, Dome Mountain; e, Antler Peak; f, Indian Creek laccolith; g, Joseph Peak; h, Quadrant Mountain; i, Electric Peak; j, Valley of Gardner River. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1883. Published as Figure 2 in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional Paper 729-A. 1972.
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Published in U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 5th Annual Report (1871), p. 35, Metamorphic strata, Black-tail Deer Creek, basalt in the foreground. Additonal information on p. 36, On the north side of Black-tail Deer Creek, there is another exposure of the gneissic rocks in a series of uplifted ridges, inclining about northeast, at angles varying from 30 degrees to 60 degrees,(Fig. 6). U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (Hayden Survey).
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Album caption and index card: Snow stratified by thin layers of vol. dust from successive eruptions. Shasta County, California. May 30, 1915. J.M. Howell. Handwritten note on album caption: Diller, J.S. 915. Note: Published as plate 1 in U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 79. 1891. Note: For link to J.S. Diller photograph number 915, djs00915, refer to Web Links below.
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Album caption and index card: (Sketch) Part of Indian Creek laccolith, viewed to the north across the valley of Indian Creek. Sketched in 1878 by Holmes (1883). Geology modified in 1968. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1883. Published as Figure 2 in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional Paper 729-A. 1972.
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Album caption: Looking up the Valley of the Virgen. This illustration is from a sketch by W.H. Holmes. The strata across the river showing the pale belted colors are the lower Permian. Beyond them on the right and in the background is the Smithsonian Butte, composed of Triassic strata. The great Temples and Towers are not visible. Chromo-lithographed by Sinclair. Grand Canyon district, Utah. n.d. Published as plate 1 in U.S. Geological Survey, Monograph 2, 1882 and figure 103 in the U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 220, 1950.
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Album caption: Sketch of cinder cone and lava field from summit of Prosepect Peak. Shasta County, California. May 30, 1915. (Sketch by H.M. Howells). Same as Lassen Peak photo no. 14. Published as plate 1 in U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 79. 1891. No index card. Note: For link to Lassen Peak photograph number 14, laspk00014, refer to Web Links below.
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Caption: View north from Union Pacific Railroad depot at Omaha, Nebraska. June 10, 1869. In 1869, Henry Wood Elliott was invited to join Ferdinand V. Hayden's United States Geological Survey of Colorado and New Mexico as the artist. The sketches are pencil, pen and ink, and watercolor, but are mostly black and white, except for no. 6 ct, 82050006 on the Photos website. Originals transferred to National Archives in 2005 (Record Group 57 - Predeccesor Surveys of Hayden and Powell, 1869-1889).
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Title information from the Wahrhaftig field records collection, NO-8692: Wahrhaftig, Clyde. Sketches in the greater San Francisco area, California. 1992. Sketch highlighted is Alcatraz, June 29, 1992 at 11:21 am. Note: To access the entire sketchbook pdf, click on Clyde Wahrhaftig sketches under the Web Links section below.
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Caption: Council Bluffs from Trainville Point, South Omaha, and crossing of Rail Road Bridge over the Missouri. Nebraska, 1869. In 1869, Henry Wood Elliott was invited to join Ferdinand V. Hayden's United States Geological Survey of Colorado and New Mexico as the artist. The sketches are pencil, pen and ink, and watercolor, but are mostly black and white, except for no. 6 ct, 82050006 on Photos website. Originals transferred to National Archives in 2005 (Record Group 57 - Predeccesor Surveys of Hayden and Powell, 1869-1889).
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Album caption and index card: Glaciated terrain along the Northeast Entrance road. The boulders, many of them measuring 10 feet across or more, were carried into the area by ice flowing down Slough Creek from mountains north of the Park during the Pinedale Glaciation. As the glaciers melted, the boulders were left stranded in hummocky, morainal deposits. Shallow depressions in the irregular topography are now commonly filled by small ponds. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. n.d. Published as Figure 35 in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 1347. 1971.
    map background search result map search result map Sketch of snow stratified by thin layers of volcanic dust. Lassen Peak National Park, Shasta County, California. 1915. Terraces bounding Virgen River near Grafton. Grand Canyon district, Utah. View north from Union Pacific Railroad depot. Omaha, Nebraska. 1869. Council Bluff from Trainville Point. Omaha, Nebraska. 1869. Metamorphic strata, Black-tail Deer Creek, basalt in the foreground. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1871. Mount St. Helens, before and after the eruption of May 18,1980. Skamania County, Washington. Sketch of north side of Mount St. Helens. Skamania County, Washington. 1980. Sketch of north side of Mount St. Helens. Skamania County, Washington. 1980. Sketch of snow stratified by thin layers of volcanic dust. Shasta County, California.1915. Clyde Wahrhaftig sketches in the San Francisco, California area. 1992. Sketch of part of Indian Creek laccolith, viewed to the north across the valley of Indian Creek. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1878. The Gallatin Range, viewed from the southeast, with Gibbon Geyser basin in the foreground. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1883. Glaciated terrain along the Northeast Entrance road. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. No date. Clyde Wahrhaftig sketches in the San Francisco, California area. 1992. Mount St. Helens, before and after the eruption of May 18,1980. Skamania County, Washington. Sketch of north side of Mount St. Helens. Skamania County, Washington. 1980. Sketch of north side of Mount St. Helens. Skamania County, Washington. 1980. Metamorphic strata, Black-tail Deer Creek, basalt in the foreground. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1871. Sketch of snow stratified by thin layers of volcanic dust. Shasta County, California.1915. Sketch of snow stratified by thin layers of volcanic dust. Lassen Peak National Park, Shasta County, California. 1915. Terraces bounding Virgen River near Grafton. Grand Canyon district, Utah. View north from Union Pacific Railroad depot. Omaha, Nebraska. 1869. Council Bluff from Trainville Point. Omaha, Nebraska. 1869. Sketch of part of Indian Creek laccolith, viewed to the north across the valley of Indian Creek. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1878. The Gallatin Range, viewed from the southeast, with Gibbon Geyser basin in the foreground. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1883. Glaciated terrain along the Northeast Entrance road. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. No date.