Three Photographs Of The Yellowstone Park Transportation Company

YELLOWSTONE PARK TRANSPORTATION COMPANY

Publication: Photographed by the Yellowstone Park Transportation Company, n d (ca 1920), N P

Three views of the open-air carriages of the Yellowstone Park Transportation Company. Two of the views show a line of the vehicles (one of these is in front of the Cody Garage). One of the views shows a driver in one of the carriages in profile with the Y.P.T.C. logo on the door. Due to popular pressure, private automobiles were first allowed into Yellowstone National Park beginning on 1 August 1916. Motorized buses would soon replace stage coaches for public transportation in the park. The Park Service awarded the Yellowstone Park Transportation Company an exclusive right to operate public transportation in the Park, beginning in 1917. It began the season with 116 White Motor Company buses. Three 5" x 7" silver gelatin photographs with nice contrasts. One photograph contains a lengthy inked message on the verso of one of the images.

Inventory Number: 49328