Obsidian Cliff from Beaver Lake

Fargo, DT: F.J. Haynes, Official Photographer N.P.R.R., 1890. 3553. Boudoir cabinet card. Albumen photograph [12.5 cm x 20 cm] / [5" x 8"] on a tan mount [13.5 cm x 21.5 cm] / [5.5" x 8.5"] with a Haynes backstamp. Title in the negative. View of Obsidian Creek running in front of the Obsidian Cliff formation near Mammoth Hot Springs. 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.