The William Amos Haines Collection (c. 1905-1940) consists of original panorama negatives as well as prints both vintage and modern. The subject matter is predominantly the American West.

William Amos Haines was born on November 2, 1881 in New York. He married Florance Kepple in 1905. This same year he began making panoramas in Conneaut, Ohio. Together he and his wife traveled the eastern coast of the United States in a teardrop trailer making panoramas. While traveling William sent negatives back to his father, De Forest Haines in Conneaut to be made into prints. Unfortunately, many of these negatives were lost or destroyed. Haines sold numerous panorama prints to schools during this time. In 1914, Haines and his wife moved to Glendale, California. Haines begins to focus on west coast subject matter after moving but he continued to travel photographing national parks and landmarks, as well as municipal buildings and cities. Haines retired from traveling in 1935. William Amos Haines passed away in 1955 at the age of 76.

13 boxes

Collection is open for research, by appointment.