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Punch Bowl Spring, Yellowstone National Park, circa 1915

Subjects
Forests & TreesNational & State Parks
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of Punch Bowl Spring, Yellowstone National Park, circa 1915, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
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Back of Punch Bowl Spring, Yellowstone National Park, circa 1915, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A steaming thermal pool with a raised, terraced rim of yellow, orange and rust-colored mineral deposits sits on a pale sinter flat, backed by a stand of tall, thin lodgepole pines against a pink-tinged sky. The card names it Punch Bowl Spring in Yellowstone Park, one of the many hot springs and geyser basins of the Upper Geyser Basin area that early park photographers such as F. Jay Haynes made famous. Haynes, the Northern Pacific Railroad's official photographer and later Yellowstone's official photographer, sold hand-colored views like this through his Haynes Picture Shops in the park.

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PublisherJ. E. Haynes
10097. PUNCH BOWL SPRING, YELLOWSTONE PARK. HAYNES-PHOTO. --- 58585 POST CARD PLACE STAMP HERE ADDRESS. Punch Bowl Spring, Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone Park, is a good example of the built-up-rim type of hot springs. The Punch Bowl is always turbulent but never erupts, and its water is very hot. PUBLISHED BY J. E. HAYNES, ST. PAUL, MINN. OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK.
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PublisherJ. E. Haynes
Series10097
ConditionVery good
Place depictedYellowstone National Park, WY
PublisherJ. E. Haynes, St Paul, MN
NotesWhite border; heavy halftone/lithographic screen visible; printed number and photographer credit in red along the bottom edge. No postmark; unused card. Divided-back "POST CARD" with printed description and blue publisher imprint (J. E. Haynes, Official Photographer, Yellowstone National Park). White border, matte color print; light foxing/soiling on the back.

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Punch Bowl Spring, Yellowstone National Park, circa 1915, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/punch-bowl-spring-yellowstone-national-park-circa-1915. Accessed October 24, 2026.