Antique & Vintage Postcards

Bathed in warm artificial light, the cavernous lobby of the Old Faithful Inn pulses with the energy of dozens of Yellowstone sightseers gathered beneath the inn's famous 65-foot rhyolite stone fireplace — the clock mounted high on its face ticking away a moment frozen in the 1930s. This linen-era card, photographed under artificial light to capture the inn's dramatic interior atmosphere, was produced by Curt Teich & Co. of Chicago for Haynes Inc., the official Yellowstone Park concessionaire photographer, whose copyright appears twice on this card. The massive log-and-timber construction, multi-story balconies draped with branch-work railings, and amber globe lanterns glow with an almost cinematic warmth. The Old Faithful Inn, completed in 1904 and designed by Robert Reamer, is today a National Historic Landmark, making early interior views like this especially prized by collectors of both Yellowstone and American architectural history.