Frank Jay Haynes
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and Falls

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Artist Frank Jay Haynes(American, 1853–1921)American, 1853–1921

CultureAmerican

Titles

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and Falls

Datec. 1885

PlaceWyoming, United States

MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative

DimensionsImage: 16 1/2 × 21 7/16 in. (41.9 × 54.5 cm)
Sheet: 16 5/8 × 21 9/16 in. (42.2 × 54.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mathew and Ann Wolf

Object number91.273

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionAfter first visiting Yellowstone in 1881 and obtaining a photographic concession inside the new National Park at Mammoth Hot Springs in 1884, F. Jay Haynes established himself as the park’s all-but-official photographer, returning every year until his death. With cameras of varying formats, Haynes photographed the major attractions of the park—mountains and canyons, falls and geysers—but his most impressive were those made with a mammoth camera and 20 x 24 inch glass-plate negatives. With their imposing dimensions and the extraordinary clarity that came from contact printing, Haynes’s photographs vividly convey the expansive scale of the rugged landscape.
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Past/Present: Photography from the Permanent Collection of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 8, 1991–February 9, 1992.

"American Photography: A History in Pictures," San Antonio Museum of Art, April 21–July 31, 1994.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Text from negative printed in image: No 3126 GRAND CANYON OF THE YELLOWSTONE AND FALLS

F. JAY HAYNES, FARGO, D.T.

Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso 11059 al.

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