H.B. Calfee Stereographs of Yellowstone National Park, circa 1875-1880

The stereographs in this collection are, with one exception, views of Yellowstone National Park showing natural features such as geysers, rock formations, and watercourses. The stereographs have been divided into three series. "The Enchanted Land; or, Wonders of the Yellowstone National Park," are images Calfee produced while also promoting his magic lantern lectures and are identified as such by his stamp on the green colored mounting of each image. "Views of the Wonderland; or, Yellowstone National Park," are perhaps Calfee's earliest images, made while he still resided in Bozeman. These images are mounted on yellow board which also bears Calfee's stamp on the verso, or another stamp identifying the firm as "Calfee and Catlin." The final series of stereographs are not stamped and are mounted on orange or beige colored mounts and have been attributed to Calfee.

Calfee assigned image numbers and titles to stereographs in Series 1 and 2. In Series 1, printed titles and numbers appear on the front of the mount beneath the image. In Series 2, the titles appear on pasted labels or in pencil on the back of the mount. Image numbers do not repeat between these series, except for 66 and 76, which appear in each series but represent distinct images. The titles of stereographs in Series 3 were taken from the handwritten information on the back of the mounts. These items are not numbered.