The lot features an original silver albumen boudoir card from F.J. Haynes of The Giant Geyser Cone in Yellowstone National Park during the 19th Century. The piece is marked on the front, “3591 – The Giant Geyser Cone.” And on the back, “F. Jay Haynes, Official Photographer N.P.R.R. 392 Jackson St., St. Paul, Minn. Send for Catalogue of Views. Northern Pacific, Yellowstone Park, Pacific Coast and Alaska.” The silver albumen is a large format boudoir card showing a rarely seen angle of the Giant Geyser Cone with beautiful detail. Provenance: From the personal collection of Francoise Perriot (Françoise Perriot), noted historian author of the West and Native Americans. Perriot’s published works include such books as “Les Indiens et La Nature” (Indians and Nature) 2017, “La Conquête du Far West” (The Conquest of the Wild West) 2007, “Les Indiens d'Amérique du Nord” (North American Indians), “Guide Bleu : Etats-Unis Ouest Americain” (Blue Guide: United States West America). This piece and others come from her time collecting in Montana and the West, her book “Les Indiens et la nature” is one of the most notable in France documenting photographs of the west. The lot includes the original boudoir silver albumen photograph that is about 8.5” by 5.25”.