Yellowstone Lake
F. Jay Haynes
1880s
Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet: 43.5 x 55.9 cm (17 1/8 x 22 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Robert B. Menschel Fund
Accession Number
1998.139.1
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...