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Mary Jane Russell Photograph Album
Russell, Mary Jane
2444
0.1 linear feet
1921
The Mary Jane Russell Photograph Album chronicles the Harry T. Sanger party's vacation tour beginning in Detroit, Michigan and moving through the Western United States. These pictures cover Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and Montana. Assorted destinations include Lookout Mountain, Colorado Springs, and Pike's Peak, and Yellowstone Park.
Collection materials are in English
This collection is open for research.
Photograph album created by Mary Jane Russell, likely a resident of Detroit, Michigan, was purchased from Jordan Antiquarian Books, Cody, Wyoming, on February 23, 2003.
Mary Jane Russell was a Yellowstone National Park tourist in 1921.
This collection was processed 2009 May 28
This photograph collection, taken by Mary Jane Russell beginning in August 1921, is a chronicle of the Harry T. Sanger party's vacation tour beginning in Detroit, Michigan and moving through the Western United States. These pictures cover Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and Montana. Folders One through Four house photographs of Colorado destinations such as Lookout Mountain, Colorado Springs, and Pike's Peak. Folders Five through Twelve contain breathtaking photography of Yellowstone Park during its beginning stages. Famous sites such as the attractions in and around Mammoth Hot Springs, Old Faithful, and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone are illustrated. The original album has been disbound, with individual pages placed in numbered folders. Each page bears handwritten identification notations by Russell.
Sanger, Harry T
Colorado-Photographs
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (Wyo.)-Photographs
Mammoth Hot Springs (Wyo.)-Photographs
Montana--Photographs
Old Faithful Geyser (Wyo.)-Photographs
Utah-Photographs
West (U.S.)--Photographs
Wyoming-Photographs
Yellowstone National Park--Photographs
Tourists-West (U.S.)
Women photographers-West (U.S.)
Parks and Playgrounds
Sports and Recreation
Women
Photographs
Photograph albums-West (U.S.)
"Pa Sanger"(1); Lookout Mountain [Colorado] (6)
7 photographic prints
1
1
Bear Creek Canyon Co. (5); Seven Falls at Lookout Mountain (3)
8 photographic prints
1
2
Bear Creek Canyon (2); Colorado Springs (1); "Gates of the Gods" (6)
9 photographic prints
1
3
Pike's Peak (7); Salt Lake City (1)
8 photographic prints
1
4
Salt Lake City (4); Firehole cascades; Mammoth Paint Pots (2); Castle Geyser
8 photographic prints
1
5
Castle Geyser; Grotto; Old Faithful (5); Old Faithful Inn
8 photographic prints
1
6
Bear in Upper Basin; Harry Sanger; Mammoth (2); Kepler Cascades (3); Thumb Paint Pots
8 photographic prints
1
7
Thumb Paint Pots; Tower Falls; Falls at Grand Canyon of Yellowstone (6)
8 photographic prints
1
8
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (7); Mammoth housing
8 photographic prints
1
9
Angel terrace; Jupiter terrace; Mound terrace; Minerva terrace
8 photographic prints
1
10
Mammoth Hot Springs (5); Orange Geyser (2); Golden Gate (between Norris & Mammoth)
8 photographic prints
1
11
Rustic Falls; Virginia Cascade; Cody road (3); Holy City (2); Shoshone Dam
8 photographic prints
1
12
Lake Michigan (2); Lookout Mt. (2); Shoshone Lake & Reservoir
6 photographic prints
1
13