Old Faithful Geyser, Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, 1905

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Artifact Overview

Yellowstone National Park, established 1872, was America's first national park. Old Faithful is the most famous and celebrated geyser in the park--and indeed the world. Members of the 1870 Washburn Expedition, who camped near this geyser, named it Old Faithful because they discovered that it erupted at frequent and regular intervals (averaging about every ninety minutes).

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

1905

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.DPC.018331

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Toning (Photography)

Color

Brown

Dimensions

Height: 7.063 in
Width: 9.25 in

Inscriptions

Marked on back: - Bottom, center, in pencil: Old Faithful Geyser, Upper Geyser Basin / Y. N. Park - Left, in blue pencil: 018331 (circled) / C / [various proofer marks] - Top, in blue pencil: Enlarge from Glover 2039 - Center, in pencil: Wyo - Red ink stamp, center right: RETURN TO NEGATIVE VAULT
Old Faithful Geyser, Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, 1905