Frank Jay Haynes, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Frank Jay Haynes

American photographer

Date of Birth: 28-Oct-1853

Date of Death: 10-Mar-1921

Profession: photographer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Frank Jay Haynes (October 28, 1853 – March 10, 1921), known as F.
Jay or the Professor to almost all who knew him, was a professional photographer, publisher, and entrepreneur from Minnesota who played a major role in documenting through photographs the settlement and early history of the great Northwest.
He became both the official photographer of the Northern Pacific Railway and of Yellowstone National Park as well as operating early transportation concessions in the park.
His photographs were widely published in articles, journals, books and turned into stereographs, and postcards in the late 19th and early 20th century.