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Camp on the Divide, between Yellowstone Lake and the East Fork

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Call NumberWHJ-10299CreatorJackson, William Henry, 1843-1942Date1871SummaryView of the Hayden Survey (U.S Geological Survey of the Territories, 1871) encampment on Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Nineteen people stand ready for work near a camp fire. Shows a canvas tent, the wood wheeled odometer with which the surveyors measure the terrain, smoke from a camp fire, and gear and equipment. One man sits on a horse.Physical Description1 photomechanical print : collotype ; 17 x 22 cm (7 x 8 1/2 in.) printed on sheet 36 x 28 cm (11 x 14 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectYellowstone Lake (Wyo.)--19th centuryYellowstone National Park--19th centuryCamping--Yellowstone National Park--19th centuryExpeditions & surveys--Yellowstone National Park--19th centuryLakes--Yellowstone National Park--19th centuryTents--Yellowstone National Park--19th centuryGeological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)Geographic AreaYellowstone National ParkCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700310299Type of MaterialCollotypesDigital Version Created FromWilliam Henry Jackson folio VII, print 36, U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories plate LNotesCondition: Sheet oxidized, pencil mark. Formerly F17126. Title and: "E. Bierstadt's Alberttype" printed on sheet. R7003102990

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Camp on the Divide, between Yellowstone Lake and the East Fork