Benjamin F. Loomis's enthusiasm, talent, and dedication helped bring a national park into existence. His legacy began with the photographs he took, which still inspire understanding and awe of Lassen Peak's historic eruptive events. In 1926 he published Pictorial History of the Lassen Volcano to give sightseers a clearer idea of what had occurred. In 1927, in memory of their daughter, he and his wife Estella built the Mae Loomis Memorial Museum and Seismographic Station to display Benjamin's photographic records and monitor ongoing volcanic activity. Loomis recalled that in 1914 he climbed to the top of Lassen Peak six times to take pictures, knowing the mountain might erupt while he looked into the crater, yet he never felt fear because taking the pictures was his principal object.