Norris Geyser Basin, Constant and Black Growler, Yellowstone National Park, 1870-1890
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Yellowstone National Park, established 1872, was America's first national park. At the intersection of three major earthquake fault zones, Norris is the hottest, most active geyser basin in the park. Early on, Constant Geyser, left, sprayed twenty to thirty feet high in few-second bursts. Black Growler, right, was a steam vent--a cluster of hissing holes in a barren hillside.
Yellowstone National Park, established 1872, was America's first national park. At the intersection of three major earthquake fault zones, Norris is the hottest, most active geyser basin in the park. Early on, Constant Geyser, left, sprayed twenty to thirty feet high in few-second bursts. Black Growler, right, was a steam vent--a cluster of hissing holes in a barren hillside.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1870-1890
Creators
Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942
Place of Creation
United States, Michigan, Detroit
Creator Notes
Original photography by William Henry Jackson. Published by Detroit Photographic Co., Detroit, Michigan.
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.DPC.032959
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Toning (Photography)
Color
Brown
Dimensions
Height: 7 in
Width: 9.375 in
Inscriptions
Marked on back: across top in pencil: Norris Geyser Basin / Constant & Black Growler underlined: 032959 stamped in red ink: 32959 center, in blue pencil: X center, in pencil: Wyo center right, in pencil: 1107 / WHJ
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