Image

RISDM 77-030.tif

William Henry Jackson

Fountain Geyser Crater (Yellowstone National Park)

Description

Maker

William Henry Jackson (American, 1843-1942)

Title

Fountain Geyser Crater (Yellowstone National Park)
U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories

Year

1871

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Dimensions

Image: 9.2 x 7.5 cm (3 5/8 x 2 15/16 inches) (each)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Printed in red at left side of card:W.H. Jackson, Photographer, Washington, D.C. Printed vertically in red at left side of card:Views in the Yellowstone National Park, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Washington, D.C. On right side:Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories, Prof. F.V. Hayden, in charge. On verso in pencil:Y. (?) D. Bradley

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Mr. and Mrs. Julius Bloom Photography Fund

Object Number

77.030

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

America in View
Landscape Photography 1865 to Now
Sep 21, 2012 – Jan 13, 2013

Label copy

From the 1850s through the 1930s, stereographs (or “stereos”) were ubiquitous in the United States. William Henry Jackson repurposed his photographs of Yellowstone for government survey expeditions as stereos. 'Through these views, the armchair tourist could travel to Yellowstone or elsewhere without leaving his or her living room.

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William Henry Jackson (American, 1843-1942)
Fountain Geyser Crater (Yellowstone National Park); U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories, 1871
Albumen print stereograph
Image: 9.2 x 7.5 cm (3 5/8 x 2 15/16 inches) (each)
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Bloom Photography Fund 77.030

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