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PC 22
Franklin Jay Haynes
Photographs, ca. 1883-1900

The F. Jay Haynes photographs were donated to the Washington State University Library by Mrs. Clinton Nuzim of Viroqua, Wisconsin. They were arranged and processed by David Smestad in April, 1978.

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

Franklin Jay Haynes was born around 1853. He became a photographer with his first studio in Moorhead, Minnesota, ca. 1876. He became "Official Photographer, Northern Pacific Railroad" in 1881, and for 20 years, with a Pullman car as his studio and headquarters, he photographed the country and people along the Northern Pacific routes. Later he became a Yellowstone Park concessionaire, issuing a guide book and operating a fleet of six-horse stage coaches bringing in tourists from the rail stop at Monida, Montana. He retired from business in 1916 and died a few years later.

ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION

The collection consists of 23 "Boudoir Views" of scenery along the line of the Northern Pacific Railroad.

Series I Clark's Forks Views

1. Up Clark's Forks from Cabinet
2. Cabinet Gorge, Clark's Forks River
3. Cabinet Gorge, Clark's Forks River
4. Along Clark's Forks River
5. Along Clark's Forks River
6. Up Clark's Forks from Duncan
7. Paradise Bluffs, Clark's Forks River
8. The Clark's Forks above Paradise

Series II Yellowstone Park

9. Yellowstone Falls
10. Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
11. Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
12. Mud Geyser, Norris Basin
13. Mound Terrace
14. Mound Terrace and Valley

Series III Thompson River, Jocko Valley and other scenes

15. Thompson River and City
16. Thompson River from the R.R.
17. The Jocko Valley
18. The Jocko Valley
19. Flathead Indian Agency
20. East entrance of Golden Canyon
21. West from summit of the switchback
22. East entrance to Horse Plains
23. [Scene along river]