Frank Jay Haynes photographs, circa 1879-1891 [graphic].

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Frank Jay Haynes photographs, circa 1879-1891 [graphic].

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The Frank Jay Haynes photographs contains images of the landscape in Yellowstone National Park and in Southeast Alaska. In addition to their aesthetic value, several of the pictures in the collection provide valuable documentation of Alaskan glaciers during the late 19th century, which may be of interest to researchers studying climactic changes.

22 photographic prints (1 box) : cabinet photographs ; various sizes.

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Haynes, F. Jay (Frank Jay), 1853-1921

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F. Jay Haynes (1853-1921), a photographer who traveled extensively in the West, was best known for his early photographs of Yellowstone National Park. In the 1870s and 1880s, Haynes operated studios in Moorhead, Minnesota, Fargo, North Dakota, and St. Paul, Minnesota. As the official photographer for the Northern Pacific Railroad, he maintained the "Haynes Palace Studio," a special railroad car equipped as a mobile photography studio. In 1891, when tourist travel to Alaska was on the rise, Hayne...