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Jupiter Terrace, Yellowstone National Park, circa 1932

Subjects
Mountains & HillsNational & State Parks
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1932 (Linen)
Front of Jupiter Terrace, Yellowstone National Park, circa 1932, Mr & Mrs Andrew Bussell, WI, USA, c. 1932 linen postcard
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Back of Jupiter Terrace, Yellowstone National Park, circa 1932, Mr & Mrs Andrew Bussell, WI, USA, c. 1932 linen postcard
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About this postcard

A close view of Jupiter Terrace, one of the stepped travertine formations at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. Its stepped basins are tinted in bands of pink, orange, rust, and pale blue-white against a green hillside and distant blue mountains. Hot springs deposit calcium carbonate as the water cools, building the terrace-like shelves; heat-loving bacteria and algae produce the colors. The formation sits in the Mammoth Hot Springs area near the park's north entrance. The printed caption describes Jupiter Terrace as the largest hot springs terrace in the world and notes that the springs appear to boil from carbonic acid gas even though the water reaches only 163°F.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Have lots of fun. In Cody, Wyoming. Just 53 miles west of Yellowstone. Will write again when we get their. Love B Cliff low & touch snow in Big Horn Mountains at 9,666 ft.

PublisherSanborn Souvenir Co.
952 JUPITER TERRACE, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK 2A-H705 --- JUPITER TERRACE Jupiter Terrace is the largest hot springs terrace in the world. In addition to its other effects the springs appear as if boiling, due to violent agitation by gases, chiefly carbonic acid gas, although its water only reaches a temperature of 163°. POST CARD "C.T. ART-COLORTONE," SANBORN SOUVENIR CO., DENVER COLO.
PostmarkedCody, WY, June 13, 1950, 18:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Mr & Mrs Andrew Bussell

327 Second Ave. Chippewa Falls, WI

Postcard record

Postmarked, Cody, WY
PublisherSanborn Souvenir Co.
Series952
ConditionVery good
Place addressedMr & Mrs Andrew Bussell, 327 Second Ave., Chippewa Falls, WI
PublisherSanborn Souvenir Co., Denver, CO
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1938, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
NotesLinen-textured stock with white border; Curt Teich production code 2A-H705 printed at lower right, indicating a mid-1930s issue. Postmark: CODY, WYO. JUN 13 6-PM 1950 (vertical "DENVER COLO." in the killer). Divided-back linen-era C.T. Art-Colortone card; light toning, a few foxing spots and edge wear.

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Jupiter Terrace, Yellowstone National Park, circa 1932, postcard, c. 1932. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/jupiter-terrace-yellowstone-national-park-circa-1932. Accessed November 2, 2026.