Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Guide to the Yellowstone National Park Pictorials
circa 1890s-1920s
PC 102
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
- Title
- Yellowstone National Park Pictorials
- ID
- PC 102
- Date [inclusive]
- circa 1890s-1920s
- Extent
- 1.5 Linear feet of shelf space, 1 box, 127 items
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Abstract
- Commercially produced sets totaling 127 Yellowstone National Park images, dating from the 1890s to 1920s.
Preferred Citation
[Item description] Yellowstone National Park Pictorials, circa 1890s-1920s (PC 102)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Scope and Content
A compilation of commercially produced tourism images of Yellowstone National Park. Two albums of tinted prints/photographs, all labeled, plus one photo of Liberty Cap and Mammoth Inn, ca. 1890. Also includes six sets of painted postcards, all labeled, totaling about 98 images.
Arrangement
Each folder in the collection collects one set of items (or one item) of common origin. The folders are ordered smallest to largest to reduce damage in future use.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2016
http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/
Terrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open and available for research use.
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions may apply.
Names and Subjects
Geographic Name(s)
- Yellowstone National Park -- Pictorial works.
Subject(s)
- Photographs
Detailed Description of Collection
| box | folder | |||
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8 colored 2"x3" images. In original commercial packaging labeled "Yellowstone National Park. 20 Colored Miniatures. Series A. © Haynes Inc., Yellowstone Park, Wyo. 6A288." |
1 | 1 | ||
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14 black and white commercial 2"x3" images. No branding, but one reads "© Haberstroh" which another reads "Photos by Dauphin for No. Pacific Ry." |
1 | 2 | ||
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20 accordion folded color postcards in commercial envelope reading "Geyserland, Yellowstone National Park. Souvenir Folder. Pub. by H.H. Tammen co. Denver Colo." |
1 | 3 | ||
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20 accordion folded color postcards in commercial envelope reading "Yellowstone National Park. Souvenir Folder." |
1 | 4 | ||
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18 accordion folded color postcards in commercial envelope reading "Haynes Souvenir Folder. Yellowstone National Park. Series D." |
1 | 5 | ||
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18 accordion folded color postcards in commercial envelope reading "Yellowstone National Park. © Curt Teich & Co., Inc., Chicago." |
1 | 6 | ||
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One 13.5"x10.5" black and white photograph of Liberty Cap at Mammoth Hot Springs, with the National Hotel in the background. That hotel places the photograph between 1886 and 1911. |
1 | 7 | ||
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12 9"x6" hand-tinted photographs, printed on 12"x10" paper and mounted in a two-hole album labeled "Yellowstone National Park. Haynes Inc. St. Paul Minnesota and Yellowstone Park Wyoming." |
1 | 8 | ||
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16 9"x6" hand-tinted photographs, mounted on 12"x10" black paper and mounted in a three-hole album labeled "The Wonders of Geyserland. Yellowstone National Park. Nature's Curiousity Shop. Copyrighted by H.H. Tammen Co. Denver." |
1 | 9 | ||