An impressive image of Yellowstone Park’s Giant Geyser, with a burst of steam surrounded by mud and snow. F. Jay Haynes (1853–1921), nicknamed the Professor, was the official Yellowstone photographer from 1884–1921 and took the first known winter photographs of Yellowstone Park in 1887 on a 29-day, 200 mile epic.....
A strong image of Yellowstone National Park’s Minute Geyser, with a silhouetted man in a cowboy hat observing. F. Jay Haynes (1853-1921), nicknamed the Professor, was the official Yellowstone photographer from 1884-1921 and took the first known winter photographs of Yellowstone Park in 1887 on a 29-day, 200 mile epic.....
An evocative photo taken in Yellowstone Park’s Upper Geyser Basin. Steam rises in a landscape where two people have fallen in the snow, both of whom appear to be skiers. F. Jay Haynes (1853–1921), nicknamed the Professor, was the official Yellowstone photographer from 1884–1921 and took the first known winter.....
A set of four dramatic images of Luray caverns, entitled (clockwise from upper left): Throne in Cathedral, Saracen’s Tent; Campbell’s Hall; and Brand’s Cascade.Two of the cavern titles reflect their discovery and early exploration. Local tinsmith Andrew Campbell and nephew Billy discovered the draft of cool air leading to the.....
![Convicts in Line at Swannanoa]. [Series title:] Views of Western North Carolina: The Land and the...](/pictures/thumb/5923_1.jpg?v=1589064244)
A striking image of an African American chain gang at work in Swannanoa Cut on the Western North Carolina Railroad, near Round Knob in Buncombe County. Twenty-three convicts in stripes stand in line by the tracks with sheer cliffs behind them, and two armed guards looming in the background. The.....
![Mount Desert, On the Coast of Maine. Sixth [and final] edition. Clara Barnes Martin,...](/pictures/thumb/5937_1.jpg?v=1589929168)
First issued in 1867, this fine guide-book went through six editions, only four of which (the third through the sixth) were illustrated with photographs. The five images in this sixth edition are different from those which appeared in the preceding editions. The photographs are large half stereoviews, and although no.....
A rare and captivating set of photographs by a little-known photographer who worked among the Assiniboine and Sioux, comprising eight striking studio portraits of chiefs and braves, as well as one full-length portrait and six group shots taken in the field. S. W. Ormsby (American, active c. 1900) maintained a......