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Mammoth Hot Springs terraces and valley, Yellowstone National Park, circa 1915

Subjects
Mountains & HillsNational & State Parks
Card type
Printed photo
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of Mammoth Hot Springs terraces and valley, Yellowstone National Park, circa 1915, c. 1915 printed photo postcard
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Back of Mammoth Hot Springs terraces and valley, Yellowstone National Park, circa 1915, c. 1915 printed photo postcard
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View from the travertine terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs looking down over the white, mineral-crusted basins toward the green valley floor, where the buildings of the Mammoth Hot Springs settlement and Fort Yellowstone stand at the foot of the wooded hills. The caption names the scene as Mammoth Hot Springs Valley from the terraces in Yellowstone National Park. Mammoth Hot Springs was the park's administrative headquarters, guarded by the U.S. Army at Fort Yellowstone from 1886 until the National Park Service took over in 1916, and the terraces themselves are among the park's best-known thermal features. The imprint 'Haynes' refers to F. Jay Haynes, the official park photographer whose studio and picture shops supplied views of Yellowstone.

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PublisherHaynes Picture Shops, Inc.
14047. MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS VALLEY FROM TERRACES, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. HAYNES. --- 54156 POST CARD PLACE STAMP HERE ADDRESS. The administrative headquarters of the park are at Mammoth Hot Springs. The general offices of the operating companies and the National Park Service of the Department of the Interior are here on the plateau at the foot of the great Mammoth Hot Springs terraces. COPYRIGHT BY HAYNES PICTURE SHOPS, INC., 341 SELBY AVE., ST. PAUL, MINN., AND YELLOWSTONE PARK, WYOMING.
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PublisherHaynes Picture Shops, Inc.
Series14047
ConditionVery good
Place depictedMammoth Hot Springs Terraces, WY
Place depictedYellowstone National Park, WY
Place mentionedMammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, WY
PublisherHaynes Picture Shops, Inc., St. Paul, MN
NotesWhite border; visible halftone dot screen; small copyright mark at lower left. No postmark — card is unused. Divided-back Haynes picture postcard with blue-printed descriptive text; white border on front, coarse halftone/litho texture. Light soiling and a vertical crease at lower right.

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Mammoth Hot Springs terraces and valley, Yellowstone National Park, circa 1915, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/mammoth-hot-springs-terraces-and-valley-yellowstone-national. Accessed October 24, 2026.