Early visitors at Handkerchief Pool, Black Sand Basin, around 1923.
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Early visitors at Handkerchief Pool, Black Sand Basin, around 1923.
September 21, 1923, 9:00 a.m. --- Colorado River at Lees Ferry. From right bank on line with Klohr's house and gage house. Old "Dugway" or inclined gage shows to left of gage house. Gage height 11.05', discharge 27,000 cfs. Lens 16, time =1/25, camera supported. Photo by G.C. Stevens of the USGS. Source: 1921-1937 Surface Water Records File, Colorado R.
September 21, 1923, 9:00 a.m. --- Colorado River at Lees Ferry. From right bank on line with Klohr's house and gage house. Old "Dugway" or inclined gage shows to left of gage house. Gage height 11.05', discharge 27,000 cfs. Lens 16, time =1/25, camera supported. Photo by G.C. Stevens of the USGS. Source: 1921-1937 Surface Water Records File, Colorado R.
The Grand Canyon survey party at Lees Ferry. Left to right: Leigh Lint, boatman; H.E. Blake, boatman; Frank Word, cook; C.H. Birdseye, expedition leader; R.C. Moore, geologist; R.W. Burchard, topographer; E.C. LaRue, hydraulic engineer; Lewis Freeman, boatman, and Emery Kolb, head boatman.
The Grand Canyon survey party at Lees Ferry. Left to right: Leigh Lint, boatman; H.E. Blake, boatman; Frank Word, cook; C.H. Birdseye, expedition leader; R.C. Moore, geologist; R.W. Burchard, topographer; E.C. LaRue, hydraulic engineer; Lewis Freeman, boatman, and Emery Kolb, head boatman.
![Photograph of many steaming fumaroles on a broad plain surrounded by mountains](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/thumbnails/image/swr00109.jpg?itok=YV0mdBTf)
Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes in Katmai National Park, circa 1922. Windy Creek is in the foreground. Following the June 6, 1912 eruption of Novarupta-Katmai, thousands of fumaroles filled the valley for many years. Buried snow fields, glacial streams, and precipitation were converted to steam by the heat trapped in the pyroclastic flow.
Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes in Katmai National Park, circa 1922. Windy Creek is in the foreground. Following the June 6, 1912 eruption of Novarupta-Katmai, thousands of fumaroles filled the valley for many years. Buried snow fields, glacial streams, and precipitation were converted to steam by the heat trapped in the pyroclastic flow.
Image scan of a historical bird migration card.
Image scan of a historical bird migration card.
![Old Faithful Inn, store, and geyser bathhouse, with Beehive Geyser in the foreground](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/thumbnails/image/002.jpg?itok=y8dm1-P4)
Old Faithful Inn, swimming pool, and store, with Beehive Geyser in the foreground, in 1921.
Old Faithful Inn, swimming pool, and store, with Beehive Geyser in the foreground, in 1921.
Rod man Koontz holding a stadia rod.
Grinnell Glacier from Footbridge 1920.
Grinnell Glacier from Footbridge 1920.
![Coso hot springs, black and white image](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/thumbnails/image/tdg00568.jpg?itok=WfA3JcsM)
Coso Hot Springs in Coso volanic fields, Feb 4, 1920.
Coso Hot Springs in Coso volanic fields, Feb 4, 1920.
USGS triangulation tower in West Texas.
Panorama photos taken of Halemaʻumaʻu lava lake on December 11, 1919, showing the outer ring-shaped lake, the ring-shaped island of tilted crusts along the inner edge, and the central lava lake at Kīlauea's summit. USGS photos by T.A. Jaggar.
Panorama photos taken of Halemaʻumaʻu lava lake on December 11, 1919, showing the outer ring-shaped lake, the ring-shaped island of tilted crusts along the inner edge, and the central lava lake at Kīlauea's summit. USGS photos by T.A. Jaggar.
View looking S.E. at canal, 1/4 mile south of turning basin, Houston (Harris County), TX. One of the freight landings on the right. March 28, 1916.
View looking S.E. at canal, 1/4 mile south of turning basin, Houston (Harris County), TX. One of the freight landings on the right. March 28, 1916.
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Lassen Peak photographed from the Devastated Area about 4 hours before the explosive eruption of May 22, 1915.
Lassen Peak photographed from the Devastated Area about 4 hours before the explosive eruption of May 22, 1915.
![black and white image of a river with oil field.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/thumbnails/image/5e6ba55de4b01d509261886a2.jpg?itok=u9SqCfHe)
The panorama shows Cimarron River-bed operations in a portion of the Cushing Oil Field on December 2, 1915. The view is looking to the southwest from a river overlook located in Creek County, Oklahoma. The panorama was constructed from two photographs taken by A.E. Fath
The panorama shows Cimarron River-bed operations in a portion of the Cushing Oil Field on December 2, 1915. The view is looking to the southwest from a river overlook located in Creek County, Oklahoma. The panorama was constructed from two photographs taken by A.E. Fath
Grinnell Glacier from Lake Josephine 1914.
Grinnell Glacier from Lake Josephine 1914.
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Lassen Peak photographed from the Devastated Area prior to the 1914-1915 eruption that changed the landscape.
Lassen Peak photographed from the Devastated Area prior to the 1914-1915 eruption that changed the landscape.
Boulder Glacier - Terminus - 1913
Boulder Glacier - Terminus - 1913
Forsythe Peak and Dorothy Lake, Yosemite National Park, 1913. Photograph by Richard B. Dole, U.S. Geological Survey
Forsythe Peak and Dorothy Lake, Yosemite National Park, 1913. Photograph by Richard B. Dole, U.S. Geological Survey
![Hauling drinking water from Upper St. Mary’s Lake, Glacier National Park, 1913.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/thumbnails/image/Fig%205.jpg?itok=lAE1hXlu)
Hauling drinking water from Upper St. Mary’s Lake, Glacier National Park, 1913. Photograph by Richard B. Dole, U.S. Geological Survey
Hauling drinking water from Upper St. Mary’s Lake, Glacier National Park, 1913. Photograph by Richard B. Dole, U.S. Geological Survey
USGS 1:62,500-scale topographic map of Meadown Creek, West Virginia, publishsed 1912
USGS 1:62,500-scale topographic map of Meadown Creek, West Virginia, publishsed 1912
Volcanic ash drifts around houses at Katmai after the June 1912 eruption of Novarupta Volcano. Church in the distant background. August 13, 1912.
Volcanic ash drifts around houses at Katmai after the June 1912 eruption of Novarupta Volcano. Church in the distant background. August 13, 1912.