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McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 024

Item

Title
McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 024
Description
Caption: "Sunset Lake - Yellowstone," c. 1923. Yellowstone National Park's Sunset Lake is a shallow thermal pool in the Black Sand Basin. Its name is derived from the yellow and orange bands of bacteria and algae at its edges.
Contributor
Audrey Fullerton-Samora of Sacramento, great niece of William and Grace McCarthy, donated the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection to the California State Archives in 1996.
Coverage
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Date
1923
Format
JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Identifier
96-07-08-alb-09-024
Language
English
Publisher
California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Rights
© 2017 by the California State Archives, a division of the Secretary of State’s Office. Contact the owner for more information at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246.
Source
Image of an item within the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)
Subject
Sunset Lake, Yellowstone National Park
Type
Still Image