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Album caption and index card: Photo outfit at the summit of Mt. Washburn. [Yellowstone National Park] Wyoming. n.d. Handwritten note on album caption: 1883 Typed information on back of duplicate photograph: One of Jackson's assistants holds Hypo, the aptly-named mule, who at times, carried as much as 350 pounds of photo equipment. On summit of Mount Washburn, Yellowstone area, Wyoming Territory. Year: 1874. Photo by W.H. Jackson. Neg. no. 57-HS-711 in the National Archives. Published on page 30, lower left photograph, of the USGS GIP, Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden and the Founding of the Yellowstone National Park. Personal email communication from Alan Terrell on January 23, 2021, "The date is likely 1871 since...
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Album caption: Yellowstone Valley, 6 miles above Boteler's. Park County, Montana. 1871. Index card unavailable. Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1871 Series, page 33, Nos. 419: Yellowstone Valley, six miles above Boteler's.
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Album caption and index card: Yellowstone Lake, a bird's-eye panoramic view, taken from the high hills on the east side of the southeast arm, near where the Upper Yellowstone empties into the lake. View looking east and northeasterly across the southern arms of the lake and Promontory Point to the distant mountains on the farther side. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1871. (Panorama with photo nos. 104a, 104c-104d ofr jwh0104a, jwh0104c, jwh0104d.) Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1871 Series, page 30, Nos. 278-282: Yellowstone Lake, a bird's-eye panoramic view, in five sections, taken...
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Album caption: "Cradling." Madison County, Montana. 1871. (Stereoscopic view) Index card unavailable. Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1871 Series, page 33, Nos. 404: "Cradling." Stereoscopic view.
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Album caption and index card: Camp of the Geological Survey and their escort, upon the large southwest arm of Yellowstone Lake. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1871. Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1871 Series, page 29, Nos. 269- 272: Camp of the Survey and of their escort, upon the large southwest arm of the lake.
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Album caption: A Montana ranch, comfortable if not elegant, and the home of many well to do persons engaged in mining or stock raising. Montana. 1872. Additional information written on back of duplicate photograph: Old neg. no. 499, 11x14, 1872. No index card. Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1872 Series, page 46, No. 499: A Montana ranch, comfortable if not elegant, and the home of many well-to-do persons engaged in mining or stock-raising. Correlation List of New and Old Numbers of the Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories for...
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Handwritten information on back of photograph: The Rostrum, with unidentified man, Pulpit Terraces, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park. W.H. Jackson, photographer, Hayden Survey, HS-235, 8x10, 1871 series. Information printed on front of photograph: Mammoth Hot Sprg, The Rostrum. Stamped information on back of photograph: Credit Line: U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, photo no. HS-235, 8x10, 1871 series. No index card. No information located in the Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated.
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Album caption: Basin of Hot Springs, On Yellowstone Lake, Hot Spring Series. Handwritten notes on album caption: New no. 57-HS-103. Old no. 276. Exquisite color give them this great beauty. 1871. Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1871 Series, page 30, No. 276: A group of hot-spring basins in the same vicinity. Their great beauty lies almost wholly in the exquisite color they possess, and of which no pen can convey an adequate idea.
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Album caption unavailable. See descriptive catalogue information below. Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1871 Series, page 28, No. 262: The Grotto Spring. About two miles above the Crater Hills, on the west side of the Yellowstone. A column of steam issuing from a cave on the side of the hill, with an opening of about five feet in diameter, readily locates its position. The roaring of the waters in the cave, and the noise of the waves as they surge up to the mouth of the opening, are like that of the billows lashing the sea-shores. The water is as clear as crystal, and the steam from it is...
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(Panorama with photograph 175, jwh00175) Henrys Lake, a shallow body of water, about 3 by 2 miles in diameter, and full of small, scattered islands, and the source of Henrys Fork. It is well stocked with most excellent trout. At this point are four remarkable passes through the range, Tyghee and Red Rock, on the east and west; Raynolds, or the Madison, on the north; and Henrys Lake, on the south. Elevation of lake, 6,492 feet; Tyghee Pass, 7,063 feet; Red Rock Pass, 7,271 feet; Raynolds, 7,911 feet. The view is taken from the north, looking south, over Sawtell's ranch. Fremont County, Idaho. 1872. Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer,...
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Album caption and index card: Rock pinnacles (or forms) near Green River Station. Sweetwater County, Wyoming. 1869. Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1869 Series, page 6, No. 14: Rock forms, near Green River Station.
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Album caption: Grand Cañon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone Series 1871. Handwritten notes on album caption: Old no. 248. Missing photo – USGS in National Archives – Probably too light. See 690 and 728 stereo. YNP has this photo.
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Album caption and index card: Camp at the foot of the Three Tetons. 1872. Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1872 Series, page 46 No. 502: Camp at the foot of the Three Tetons.
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Album caption and index card: The Three Tetons. Lincoln County, Wyoming. 1872. Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1872 Series, page 46 No. 503: Hayden's Peak , or the Great Teton.
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Album caption: Camp group. Captain John Moss. 1874. Index card unavailable. Personal email communication from Alan Terrell on January 16, 2018, "I believe (firmly) that images jwh01113, jwh01114, and jwh01115 were taken on September 6, 1874. Ref: 1874 diary, Jackson and Hafen." Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1874 Series, page 74, Nos. 850 to 897: Miscellaneous camp-groups.
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Album caption: Camp on Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone Series 1871. Handwritten notes on album caption: 270. New no. 57-HS-100. Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1871 Series, page 29, Nos. 269 - 272: Camp of the Survey and of their escort, upon the large southwest arm of the lake
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Album caption: The Three Tetons, from prominent standpoint, looking across the left-hand canyon of the West Teton River and over the broad snow-covered plateau, extending up to the foot of the Tetons. Lincoln County, Wyoming. 1872. Index card: Grand Teton National Park. Teton County, Wyoming. Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1872 Series, page 41, Nos. 407, 408: A panoramic view in the Teton Range, from a point about seven miles west of them, including an angle of about 90 degrees. Elevation of stand-point, about 10,000 feet, and of the highest Teton, 13,858 feet.
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Album caption: Evanston Coal Mines. Handwritten notes on album caption: 57-HS-127. Old no. 321. About a mile from the town of same name. Uintah Co., Wyo., Yellowstone Series 1871. Photo in Wabash College Archives, too. Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1871 Series, page 33, Nos. 321,322: Evanston coal-mines, about a mile from the town of the same name, on the Union Pacific Railroad. These beds are the largest and most extensively worked in the West. The vein is from twenty-two to twenty-three feet in thickness, cropping out from the side of the mountains, with a dip of 10 degrees north of...
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