Photograph of Old Faithful Geyser Erupting in Yellowstone National Park
1942
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Original caption: Erupting, against dark sky, "Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone National Park," Wyoming. (vertical orientation).
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Famed photographer Ansel Adams took this photograph of the “Old Faithful” geyser erupting in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming in the early 1940s. Adams was hired by the Department of the Interior to take photographs of the American West for a series of never-completed photo murals in the Interior Department’s Washington, D.C., headquarters.
This primary source comes from the Records of the National Park Service.
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519994Full Citation: Photograph of Old Faithful Geyser Erupting in Yellowstone National Park; 1942; Records of the National Park Service, Record Group 79. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/photograph-of-old-faithful-geyser-erupting-in-yellowstone-national-park, May 14, 2024]