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[Various Photographers]
Large Collection of Real Photo Postcards Showing the Eruptions at Mt. Lassen, c. 1914-15
Silver prints on carte-postale paper (92)
Each 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches
Most with printed captions in the negative.
A few duplicates
Most with printed captions in the negative.
A few duplicates
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This large collection of real photo postcards were created between May 30th, 1914, when Lassen Peak was first shaken by a steam explosion, waking it from a 27,000-year-long slumber, and...
This large collection of real photo postcards were created between May 30th, 1914, when Lassen Peak was first shaken by a steam explosion, waking it from a 27,000-year-long slumber, and May 22nd, 1915, when it exploded in a powerful eruption that reigned fine ash as far as Elko, Nevada, 280 miles away. In the year between these events, Lassen Peak saw more than 180 steam explosions which created a large crater in its summit,
Taken by a variety of different commercial photographers, the present images speak to the long, intertwined history between disaster and the camera. Because of the long interval between the first steam expulsion and “the great eruption” almost a year later, there was plenty of time for entrepreneurial picture-makers to document (and capitalize on) this tremendous and frightful geological event.
Taken by a variety of different commercial photographers, the present images speak to the long, intertwined history between disaster and the camera. Because of the long interval between the first steam expulsion and “the great eruption” almost a year later, there was plenty of time for entrepreneurial picture-makers to document (and capitalize on) this tremendous and frightful geological event.