5 Boudoir Cabinet Color Photographs of Yellowstone
St. Paul, Minn. ca. 1890. 5 color albumen prints mounted on studio board (8 1/2" x 5 1/4"). Photographer's stamp & details on verso. The images include: Old Faithful Geyser; Great Fall; Castle Well and Castle Geyser, Upper Geyser Basin; Grand Canyon of Yellowstone; and Golden Gate Canyon. Some fading to images; minor wear along edges; some staining and darkening on verso of most cards. Item #22636
Yellowstone-themed boudoir cards captured the park’s natural beauties which were exotic and captivating to a Victorian-era audience hungry for glimpses of the American frontier. Photographers like Frank Jay Haynes, the official photographer of the Northern Pacific Railroad, were key players. Haynes, based in Fargo, Dakota Territory, traveled to Yellowstone in 1882 and began producing these iconic images which served as both art and advertisement. Railroads, like the Northern Pacific, used them to lure tourists to Yellowstone, promoting the park as a must-see destination accessible by train.
Price: $300.00