Rapids above the Upper Falls of the Yellowstone River. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1871.
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1871
Summary
Album caption: Rapids above the Upper Falls of the Yellowstone River. The view is immediately above the falls, showing the narrow rock-bound channel. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1871. Index card: Jackson, W. H. 92 - Rapids above the Upper Falls of the Yellowstone River. The view is immediately above the falls, showing the narrow rock-bound channel. 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 28, Nos. 257 - 259: Rapids above the Upper Falls of the Yellowstone. The first view is immediately above the falls, showing the narrow rock-bound channel, the [...]
Summary
Album caption: Rapids above the Upper Falls of the Yellowstone River. The view is immediately above the falls, showing the narrow rock-bound channel. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1871.
Index card: Jackson, W. H. 92 - Rapids above the Upper Falls of the Yellowstone River. The view is immediately above the falls, showing the narrow rock-bound channel. 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 28, Nos. 257 - 259: Rapids above the Upper Falls of the Yellowstone. The first view is immediately above the falls, showing the narrow rock-bound channel, the other two a quarter of a mile farther up the stream, and showing the huge, detached masses of basalt that have been left standing in the middle of the river.
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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. Collection.
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