COVID-19 has most of us staying home or only working in essential industries; a large part of my work is the farm I live on, so I’m doing both. In my “spare time,” I’m going through some of the things stashed away when a family lives in a house for 70 years; among the gems I found when my mother passed away 20 years ago was a red box of photographs with a gold label: “Yellowstone National Park in Water Color. Published by F. Jay Haynes, St. Paul, Minn.”
She loved books, new, used, antique, so I assume she purchased it in a bookstore. Inside the box was handwrotten “1897” so I think they were purchased at Haynes’ store in Yellowstone that year. Haynes was the official photographer for the Northern Pacific Railway and received his first photo concession in Yellowstone in 1884.
I hope you have enjoyed this tour in time and space.
My heart goes out to everyone who has lost someone; Stay Strong!
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Thank you for sharing those great photos!
You’ve a very generous heart!!
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Thank you. You do too!
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What a beautiful treasure, thank you for sharing it 😊
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What a delight that must have been for you to stumble upon! Thank you for sharing!
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Glad you like them!
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Thanks for sharing those images! Don’t ever separate them as you have a valuable set there!
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I’m glad you & others like them. I knew of many wonderful things my mother collected, but there were still more that I found after she passed away.
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May I process these in Photoshop, and post them to my blog?
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Copyright on the photos has long expired. I chose not to enhance them, but be my guest!
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