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| Repository: | Appalachian State University, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection |
| Creator: | Liberty Brand Stereographic Views |
| Title: | Collection 445. Virginia Cascade Stereograph, undated |
| Language of Material: | Material in English |
| Location: | For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Appalachian State University. |
| Abstract: | The Virginia Cascade Stereograph is a 3.5" x 7" stereoscopic photograph intended for use with a stereoscope or stereo card viewer. This image depicts two men standing on rocks in a pool at the bottom of a waterfall in Yellowstone National Park. The caption "Virginia Cascades" appears beneath the image on the right. |
| Extent: | 1 item, |
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[Identification of item], Collection 445. Virginia Cascade Stereograph, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, USA.
Purchased from L & T Respess. Its original title is "Virginia Cascades." Its accession number is 08-57. It was opened to the public in January 2009.
Processed by Simms Toomey, January, 2009
Encoded by Simms Toomey, January, 2009
The waterfall depicted on this card stereograph is located in Yellowstone National Park between Norris Junction and Canyon Village. In the late 1880s, the name of the waterfall was changed from Norris Falls to Virginia Cascade after Virginia Gibson, wife of Yellowstone Park Association president Charles Gibson. The newer name is thought to have survived because geologist Arnold Hague was partial to the idea of assigning names of states to Yellowstone Park's geologic features.
The Virginia Cascade Stereograph is a 3.5" x 7" black and white stereoscopic photograph intended for use with a stereoscope or stereo card viewer. The date this item was created is not known. This card stereograph, with the caption "Virginia Cascades," depicts two men standing on rocks in a pool at the bottom of a waterfall. Although there is a waterfall in Giles County, Virginia, known as Cascade Falls, the scenic attraction depicted here more closely resembles the Virginia Cascade, a waterfall located in Yellowstone National Park. The appearance of lodgepole pines in the background also suggests the photographs were taken in the western United States.
| Yellowstone National Park--Pictorial Works |
| Waterfalls--Yellowstone National Park--Pictorial Works |
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Rubinstein, Paul, Lee H. Whittlesey, Mike Stevens. The Guide to Yellowstone Waterfalls and Their Discovery. Englewood, Colo. : Westcliffe Publishers, 2000.
