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Images of the West: Through the Lens of History

Frank Jay Haynes, Yellowstone Park’s first “official” photographer

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F. Jay Haynes studio portrait circa Jan. 16, 1878. Photo courtesy MSU LIBRARIES, MERRILL G. BURLINGAME Early postcards and brochures of Yellowstone National Park by F. Jay Haynes. These samples were colorized in Germany until World War I. POSTCARDS COURTESY NPS PHOTOSInterior view of Haynes’ Palace Studio car showing, furniture, carpeting, stove and mounted photographs in the waiting room. Taken while parked at Helena, Mont. Photo courtesy Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo
F. Jay Haynes leased space in the old Mammoth Hotel and operated a sales stand there for many years beginning about 1892 when the hotels were operated by the Yellowstone Park Association. Photo courtesy Pioneer MuseumGreat Falls of the Yellowstone, Medium: Albumen; photo date: 1888; print date: 1890; dimensions: 22-by-18 inches. Photo courtesy Andrew Smith Gallery, Santa Fe.Cinnabar Mountain, Devil’s Slide, Yellowstone, Wyo. area Medium: Albumen; photo date: 1887; print date: 1887; dimensions: 21¼-by-1611/16 inches. Photo courtesy Andrew Smith Gallery, Santa Fe
The Bee Hive Geyser, Medium: Albumen, photo date: 1888; dimensions: 7¾-by-11¾ inches. Photo courtesy Andrew Smith Gallery, Santa FeJupiter Terrace, Yellowstone National Park, Medium: Albumen; photo date: 1888; print date: 1888; dimensions: 7 7/8-by-11¾ inches. Photo courtesy Andrew Smith Gallery, Santa FeHaynes’ 1887 winter expedition at Yancey’s; photographer unknown. NPS photo
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