Lot of 11 albumen photographs; nine 7 x 10 in. photographs mounted on cream cardstock with Haynes' Fargo imprint and titled President Arthur's Journey Through Wyoming, all titled in the negative and show views of Shoshone Indians at Fort Washakie, Arthur in camp with Sheridan and other luminaries; and scenic landscapes with the party in transit crossing the Gros Ventre River, over the Wind River Valley, and into Camp Bishop; one boudoir card with Haynes' St. Paul, Minn. backmark and from the Alaska Views series; and one regular-sized stereoview from the Northern Pacific Views. In August of 1883, President Chester A. Arthur became the first American president to visit Yellowstone National Park; Frank Jay Haynes was selected to accompany the "expedition" and record it for posterity. According to Haynes' biographer Freeman Tilden, Arthur visited the Yellowstone country at the suggestion of friends who thought he needed a rest. Arthur was not a remarkable politician, and he had come to the President's office with the assassination of James Garfield; honest himself, he was surrounded by corrupt appointments. Tilden posits that the early champion of Yellowstone, Senator George Vest of Missouri, may have pushed Arthur west in order to bring attention to the plight of the park. Then as now, park officials were complaining of the sad state of affairs because of a lack of Congressional support. Whatever the reason, Arthur and Vest went. Hayes was part of a select group that along with Arthur and Vest, included Lt. General Phillip Sheridan, Robert T. Lincoln, Secretary of War and son of A. Lincoln, Michael V. Sheridan, Anson Stager, Brig. General, Governor Crosby of Wyoming Territory, and a host of lesser lights. No reporters were allowed to accompany the party, and so Haynes' images might really be considered some of the first photographs take of a president outside of his official capacities in Washington. Arthur was one of the least photographed 19th century presidents. [For more information, see Tilden, 1964: 115-139.] Condition: Light overall soiling; some photographs with bumped corners.
Lot of 11 albumen photographs; nine 7 x 10 in. photographs mounted on cream cardstock with Haynes' Fargo imprint and titled President Arthur's Journey Through Wyoming, all titled in the negative and show views of Shoshone Indians at Fort Washakie, Arthur in camp with Sheridan and other luminaries; and scenic landscapes with the party in transit crossing the Gros Ventre River, over the Wind River Valley, and into Camp Bishop; one boudoir card with Haynes' St. Paul, Minn. backmark and from the Alaska Views series; and one regular-sized stereoview from the Northern Pacific Views. In August of 1883, President Chester A. Arthur became the first American president to visit Yellowstone National Park; Frank Jay Haynes was selected to accompany the "expedition" and record it for posterity. According to Haynes' biographer Freeman Tilden, Arthur visited the Yellowstone country at the suggestion of friends who thought he needed a rest. Arthur was not a remarkable politician, and he had come to the President's office with the assassination of James Garfield; honest himself, he was surrounded by corrupt appointments. Tilden posits that the early champion of Yellowstone, Senator George Vest of Missouri, may have pushed Arthur west in order to bring attention to the plight of the park. Then as now, park officials were complaining of the sad state of affairs because of a lack of Congressional support. Whatever the reason, Arthur and Vest went. Hayes was part of a select group that along with Arthur and Vest, included Lt. General Phillip Sheridan, Robert T. Lincoln, Secretary of War and son of A. Lincoln, Michael V. Sheridan, Anson Stager, Brig. General, Governor Crosby of Wyoming Territory, and a host of lesser lights. No reporters were allowed to accompany the party, and so Haynes' images might really be considered some of the first photographs take of a president outside of his official capacities in Washington. Arthur was one of the least photographed 19th century presidents. [For more information, see Tilden, 1964: 115-139.] Condition: Light overall soiling; some photographs with bumped corners.
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