Tower Fall and Towers, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, circa 1920

Subjects: Mountains & Hills National & State Parks Rivers & Streams
Card type: Printed photo
Date: c. 1915 (White Border)

Back of Tower Fall and Towers, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, circa 1920, c. 1915 printed photo postcard — Back

About this postcard

A tall, narrow waterfall plunges about 132 feet between towering columnar rock pinnacles of volcanic breccia, with pines clinging to the ledges and a rocky, log-strewn stream bed in the foreground. Tower Fall is on Tower Creek near its confluence with the Yellowstone River in the northeastern section of Yellowstone National Park, and the surrounding spires are among the park's best-known erosional formations. The view was a standard subject for F. Jay Haynes, the Northern Pacific Railroad's official photographer and long-time Yellowstone concessionaire, whose Haynes Picture Shops supplied views of the park to tourists.

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PublisherHaynes Picture Shops, Inc.

17384 TOWER FALL AND TOWERS, 132 FT., YELLOWSTONE PARK. HAYNES --- 91238 POST CARD PLACE STAMP HERE ADDRESS. Tower Fall and Towers, Yellowstone Park, and Tower Creek, a tributary of the Yellowstone River, were named by the Washburn-Langford Party of 1870 while encamped nearby. Tower Fall is 132 feet high and only a short distance from which is the Tower Fall Public Automobile Camp. COPYRIGHT BY HAYNES PICTURE SHOPS, INC., 341 SELBY AVE., ST. PAUL, MINN., AND YELLOWSTONE PARK, WYOMING.

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Publisher	Haynes Picture Shops, Inc.
Series	17384
Condition	Very good
Place depicted	Tower Fall, WY
Place depicted	Yellowstone National Park, WY, WY
Place mentioned	Yellowstone National Park, WY
Publisher	Haynes Picture Shops, Inc., St Paul, MN
Notes	White border with the title printed in red along the lower edge; visible halftone/stipple screen; "HAYNES" imprint running vertically at the right edge. No postmark, stamp, address or message — unused card. Divided-back 'POST CARD' stock with printed descriptive text and Haynes Picture Shops imprint; white border on front, halftone/linen-look texture; light soiling and a few foxing spots on the back.

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Tower Fall and Towers, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, circa 1920, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/tower-fall-and-towers-yellowstone-national-park-wyoming-circ. Accessed October 24, 2026.