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1941 COLORADO - YELLOWSTONE - TETON. 100+ Photographs and Pieces of Western Americana.

1941 COLORADO - YELLOWSTONE - TETON. 100+ Photographs and Pieces of Western Americana.

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A really wonderful, quality folio-size [11.5 x 15 inches] photograph album superbly narrated with insert type-sheets.

The trip was taken by Mr. and Mrs. A. R. and Dena Cottle, Chief Deputy, United States Marshal, from August 7 to August 24 of 1941. 

It includes a neatly inserted map detailing their travels, 46 typed original descriptions of their travels, and over 125 original photographs, print images, pieces of ephemera, and one postcard.

Includes:

Photographs: A. R. by the Great Salt Plains; Dena by the Basins of the Dam; Hell's Half-Acre near Casper Wyoming; Stone Formations in Hell's Half Acre; Another View of Hell's Half-Acre; Al at the Hot Springs; A Kodak View of the Hot Springs; Dena Looking at the Hot Springs; Main Street in Cody Wyoming [Film only]; Kaiser's Face [Film only]; The Holy City - Cathedral Spires made of Red Rock; Al at the Edge of a Mud Volcano; Dragon's Mouth Belching Out Boiling Water; Dena at Dragon's Mouth; Canyon Lodge at Yellowstone Park; Upper Falls of the Yellowstone; Cabin at Canyon Lodge in the Pines [3 photographs]; The Falls from a Lower Landing [another]; Al on Second Landing of Uncle Tom's Trail; Looking Down into Gorge below Lower Falls; Al at the Brink of the Lower Falls; Al at the Tails End in Botton of Gorge; Photo of a Bear Taken from the Car; Another Bear; Woodchucks by the Lodge at Old Faithful; The Geyser Settling Down; Full 150 Foot Eruption; Half Way Eruption; Old Faithful Starting; Al at Grotto Geyser; Little Morning Glory at West Thumb; Al in Steam from Steaming Abyss Geyser at West Thumb; Specimen of Knottish Pines; A Lakeside Geyser; Dena at the Paintpots; Fishing Cone; First View of the Grand Tetons [Film only]; Teton Lodge in Moran Wyoming [Film only]; William & Cora Lockwood & John & Margaret Lockwood by Cora's Trailer; Mount Moran & Jackson Lake; Entrance to Grand Teton National Park; At Jenny Lake; The Tetons and Jenny Lake at Teton National Park; Ranches Fencing in the Shadow of the Mountain; Mr. & Mrs. Voelkel Greeting Us at the Lodge; Voelkel's Glacier Lodge; The Glacier Lodge Dining Hall; Our Cabin in Singing Pines; The Big Pines [Film only]; Cora & Grover Voelkel; Goodbyes were Cheerful - Al - Dena - Cora - Grover; Cora and Grover Playing with their Dog; The Voelkels and their Texas Friends; Al at Berthaul Pass; Dena at Berthaul Pass; Walter Kincaid and Al; Alberta's Farm in Lima County Kansas; Walter Kincaid & Al on Alberta's Land; etc. 

Prints: Red Rocks in Kenton OK; Cake Rock; A Queer Red Rock Specimen; Red Rock Formation; Herds of Cattle in the Cimarron Valley; Wheat Fields in Oklahoma; World's Largest Minister Hot Sprints in Wyoming; Shoshone Dam & Lake; Color Lithograph Maps of Yellow Stone; etc. 

Ephemera: Guest Register for the Spanish Bungalow Camp and Hotel at Raton New Mexico; Advert for Irma Cafe and Dining Room in Cody Wyoming; Glossy Print of Buffalo Bill; License to Operate a Vehicle in Yellowstone National Park; Key Tag for the Cabin at Canyon Lodge in the Pines; Broadside from the Old Faithful Inn; Broadside from The Beguiling Bear Pit Cocktail Lounge; Paper Pendant for Voelkel's Glacier Lodge at Estes Park; Pamphlet for Voelkel's Glacier Lodge; License to Operate a Motor Vehicle in Rocky Mountain National Park; etc. 

Many of the photographs retain the original film behind the mount. A few images may be missing, but everything noted above is present. 

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