[Photographs of Yellowstone National Park].

[Wyoming], [circa 1891]

20 photographs : albumen prints ; photographs 13 x 21 cm, on mounts 14 x 22 cm

Purchased from Tschanz Rare Books, LLC on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2017.

This material is open for research.

Frank Jay Haynes (1853-1921) was a professional photographer, publisher and entrepreneur known particularly for his photographs of Yellowstone National Park. He was also the official photographer of the Northern Pacific Railway, 1876-1905.

Photographs taken by F. Jay Haynes of Yellowstone National Park for the Northern Pacific Railway Company, circa 1891. Included are: “3528. Gardiner Canyon. Entrance to Park”, “3539. Minerva Terrace, Mammoth Hot Springs”, “3543. Mound Terrace and Hotel Valley”, “3559. Norris Geyser Basin”, “3564. Gibbon Canyon and River”, “3570. Fountain Geyser” (also known as Fountain Paint Pot), “3573. Crater of the Excelsior”, “3574. Excelsior Geyser”, “3587. Riverside Geyser”, “3589. Formation of the Grotto”, “3592. Giant Geyser”, “3608. Castle Geyser”, “3609. Castle and Bee Hive Geysers”, “3611. Geyser Hill from Hotel”, “3615. Crater of the Giantess”, “3641. Rapids above Upper Falls”, “3644. Grand Canyon from the Brink”, “3647. Up the Canyon from Inspiration Point”, “3648. Down the Canyon from Inspiration Point”, and “3661. Great Falls of the Yellowstone” (also known as the Lower Falls). One photograph is attributed to F. J. Haynes & Bro.

English

February 26, 2020

F. Jay Haynes, Photographs of Yellowstone National Park. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

F. Jay Haynes, Photographs of Yellowstone National Park. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

F. J. Haynes & Bro., publisher.