A sepia-toned photographic postcard of a large geyser erupting from muddy ground near evergreen trees.

Excelsior Geyser

Frank Jay Haynes (1853-1921)

Date

1888
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Dimensions

Image: 4 15/16 x 8 3/16 in.
Mount: 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 in.
Inscriptions

Mount Recto:
l.l. printed: 3672 EXCELSIOR GEYSER
Mount Verso:
u.l. to u.r. in graphite: Maybe the only photograph of Excelsiro Geyser \ in eruption. Photo made in 1888; the geyser \ ceased to erupt that year.
c. printed: BOUDOIR VIEWS. \ OUR COLLECTION OF VIEWS IN THIS POPULAR SIZE \ EMBRACES SCENERY \ ALONG THE ENTIRE LINE OF THE NORTHERN PACIFIC, \ INCLUDING \ Yellowstone, National Park, \ Clark's Forks and Columbia River, \ MT. HOOD, MT. TACOMA AND PACIFIC COAST, \ MONTANA, WYOMING, DAKOTA, ETC. \ DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE FREE. \ PHOTOGRAPHED AND PUBLISHED BY \ F. JAY HAYNES, \ Official Photographer N. P. R. R. \ FARGO, DAKOTA.
c.r. in ink: Excelsior Geyser/5 \ [graphite] x/LMDHN/9-30-26
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

P1971.36.5
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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