"Grand Canyon from Artist Point, Yellowstone National Park," 1935 Postcard

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Artifact Overview

Yellowstone National Park, established 1872, was America's first national park. As the Yellowstone River flows north from Yellowstone Lake, it takes two great plunges into a deep canyon: over the Upper Falls and, a quarter mile downstream, over the Lower Falls. The view of Lower Falls from Artist Point is considered one of the climatic sites in Yellowstone National Park.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Postcard

Date Made

1935

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

88.445.83

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Printing (Process)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Length: 3.5 in
Width: 5.5 in

Inscriptions

on front: GRAND CANYON FROM ARTIST POINT, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. / COPYRIGHT BY HAYNES STUDIOS, INC. BOZEMAN, MONTANA / HA- on reverse: Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone from Artist Point. This is one of the favorite views of the chasm and the Lower Falls, 308 feet in height. Moran (the famous artist) has said that this is the most brilliantly colored landscape in existence.