Hell's Half Acre, Firehole River
F. Jay Haynes
1884
Medium
albumen print
Dimensions
image: 41.8 x 54.4 cm (16 7/16 x 21 7/16 in.) sheet: 42.4 x 55.6 cm (16 11/16 x 21 7/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Patrons' Permanent Fund
Accession Number
1995.36.87
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
F. Jay Haynes · 1853–1921
**Frank Jay Haynes (1853–1921)**, professionally known as F. Jay Haynes, was an American photographer, publisher, and entrepreneur renowned for his extensive documentation of the American West. Born on October 28, 1853, in Saline, Michigan, he developed an early interest in photography while growing up in Detroit. He secured an apprenticeship in Wisconsin and opened his first studio in Moorhead, M...