HAYNES YELLOWSTONE PARK PRISMATIC LAKE LANTERN SLIDE

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THIS AUCTION IS FOR F.JAY HAYNES NORTHERN PACIFIC LANTERN SLIDE THATS DATES AROUND 1890'S. TOP OF THE SLIDE READS , (44) N.P. PARK PRISMATIC LAKE . SLIDE HAS A NICE COLOR.(PLEASE NOTE I WILL BE LISTING MANY F.JAY HAYNES LANTERN SLIDES OF YELLOSTONE PARK,MANY ONE OF A KIND.( PLEASE NOTE THE SLIDES SHOW A RING SHADOW IN THE PHOTOS ,THIS IS UNDER THE SLIDE NOT PART OF IT .FROM THE LIGHT BULB. This is a photographic glass magic lantern slide, beautifully colored, labeled, "F. Jay Haynes, Punblisher, St. Paul, Minn, USA. 75 UP (Slide was published by Haynes for a travel log for Union Pacific Railway to lure visitors to come to Yellowstone via train.) (44) N.P. PARK PRISMATIC LAKE, Frank Jay Haynes (1853-1921), born in Michigan, opened his own studio in 1876 in Moorhead, Minnesota, and in 1879 when it became clear that Fargo would be the major area city, he shifted his main studio there while maintaining a branch in Moorhead. He was fortunate in striking a deal with the Northern Pacific Railroad to be their "Official Photographer." Beginning in the early 1880s, Haynes worked in Yellowstone National Park, where after 1884 he was its official, though self-employed, photographer. He obtained a license to operate a photographic concession in Yellowstone at Mammoth Hot Springs. Haynes opened The Log Cabin Studio which served Yellowstone for read more