F. Jay Haynes Photographs of Yellowstone National Park photCL 213
Suzanne Oatey
The Huntington Library
June 2020
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Title: F. Jay Haynes photographs of Yellowstone National Park
Creator:
Haynes, F. Jay (Frank Jay),
1853-1921
Identifier/Call Number: photCL 213
Physical Description:
2 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): approximately
1880s
Abstract: Over 200 photographs of Yellowstone
National Park, approximately 1880s, depicting scenery, hotels, and visitors, by photographer
F. Jay Haynes.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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[Identification of item]. F. Jay Haynes photographs of Yellowstone National Park, The
Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Dawson's Book Shop, 1976.
F. Jay Haynes (1853-1921) was a prolific photographer who traveled extensively in the West
and was best known for his early photographs of Yellowstone National Park. He was also the
official photographer for the Northern Pacific Railroad, and for a time operated a special
railroad car equipped as a mobile photography studio, which he called "Haynes Palace
Studio."
A collection of over 200 photographs of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, chiefly of
natural scenery such as geysers, hot springs, and waterfalls, as well as images of the
earliest hotels built in the park. The mounted prints are 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches and were
taken by photographer F. Jay Haynes in the 1880s, when he operated as an official
photographer in the park. One image shows his studio with a sign reading "Haynes Park Views"
and there are exterior and interior views of his traveling railroad car photography studio.
Other subjects are: tourists camping and riding in stagecoaches; a group posed by the
Yellowstone River; a sternwheeler ferry on the lake; and a portrait of Shoshone chief
Washakie and other Shoshone Indians at Fort Washakie, Wyoming Territory. In 1887, Haynes
joined an expedition with explorer Frederick Schwatka and took some of the earliest
photographs of Yellowstone in winter. Scenes include the expedition party on skis in front
of Norris Hotel, and Schwatka at Obsidian Cliff. There are a few views of two other
locations: harbor scenes in Portland, Oregon, and mills and logging activity in Minneapolis,
Minnesota.
Processed by Huntington Library staff, circa late-20th century. In 2020, Suzanne Oatey
created a finding aid derived from a collection file.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Indians of North America --
Wyoming
Lumbering -- Minnesota
Photography--Studios and dark
rooms
Shoshoni Indians
Tourists
Portland (Or.)
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park -- Discovery and exploration
Photographs
Schwatka, Frederick, 1849-1892
Washakie, approximately
1804-1900
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F. Jay Haynes photographs of Yellowstone National Park