Water Color Photographs (Hand Painted) Yellowstone National Park.
St. Paul, MN: F. Jay Haynes, (c.1890). 9 boudoir cabinet cards. Albumen photographs [12 cm x 20 cm] on tan beveled frame mounts [12.5 cm x 21 cm] with printed backstrips and manuscript identifications in pencil. Age toning to extremities with a few small discolorations. All have been nicely hand-tinted. The nine views are: Minerva Terrace - Pulpit Terrace - Golden Gate - Mammoth Paint Pots - Castle Well - Old Faithfull - Punch Bowl - Crater of the Oblong - Great Falls. Item #10669
Early Park souvenir from the photographer most closely associated with Yellowstone. This set is rarely seen complete. Frank Jay Haynes (1853-1921) was employed by the Northern Pacific RR in 1875 to take pictures along their route from Minnesota to the West Coast for advertising and promotional purposes. From 1884 through 1915 Haynes operated a lucrative service industry in Yellowstone National Park making and selling souvenir photographs, taking pictures of tour parties, and publishing graphic souvenirs. F. Jay Haynes was known as the "Official Park Photographer." Rare.
Price: $850.00