LOC's Public Domain Archive
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![[Soda Springs on Bear River, extinct basins]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzIvMDEvMDEvc29kYS1zcHJpbmdzLW9uLWJlYXItcml2ZXItZXh0aW5jdC1iYXNpbnMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/254/jpg "[Soda Springs on Bear River, extinct basins]")
![[Cattle fording a river]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjAvY2F0dGxlLWZvcmRpbmctYS1yaXZlci05YjhkMDItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Cattle fording a river]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection")
![[Yellowstone River above the falls] - photo by William Henry Jackson](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzEvMDEvMDEveWVsbG93c3RvbmUtcml2ZXItYWJvdmUtdGhlLWZhbGxzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Yellowstone River above the falls] - photo by William Henry Jackson")
![[Hot springs on the Gardiner River]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzEvMDEvMDEvaG90LXNwcmluZ3Mtb24tdGhlLWdhcmRpbmVyLXJpdmVyLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Hot springs on the Gardiner River]")
![[Great Falls of the Yellowstone River]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzIvMDEvMDEvZ3JlYXQtZmFsbHMtb2YtdGhlLXllbGxvd3N0b25lLXJpdmVyLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/53/webp "[Great Falls of the Yellowstone River]")
![[Saguenay River, lower rapids] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvc2FndWVuYXktcml2ZXItbG93ZXItcmFwaWRzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Saguenay River, lower rapids] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.")
![[Sailboat, Potomac River] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzQvMDEvMDEvc2FpbGJvYXQtcG90b21hYy1yaXZlci04LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Sailboat, Potomac River] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.")
