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“Salmon Wheel Boat, Columbia River, Oregon.” (Stereograph E14)

Stereograph of floating salmon wheel amd fisherman near Bradford Island, Columbia River, 1882. Items 2/78 and 2/79 are duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate caption on stereograph 2/79: "Floating Salmon wheel Columbia River Scenery, O'gn." Transcription from back: “Have (new) neg.”

Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916

Verso of, "Rock Bluff, from over Tunnel No. 3, Oregon." (Stereograph E22)

Stereograph of view looking east down the Columbia River Gorge from the bluff over the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.'s Tunnel No. 3, circa 1882. Items 2/90 and 2/91 are duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate caption on stereograph 2/91: "Rock Bluff from over Tunnel No. 3, Col. River Scenery, Oregon."

Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916

"Rock Bluff from over Tunnel No. 3, Col. River Scenery, Oregon." (Stereograph E22)

Stereograph of view looking east down the Columbia River Gorge from the bluff over the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.'s Tunnel No. 3, circa 1882. Items 2/90 and 2/91 are duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate caption on stereograph 2/90: "Rock Bluff, from over Tunnel No. 3, Oregon."

Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916

"Mt. Hood from the Dalles, Columbia River, Or." (Stereograph E25)

Stereograph of the Passage of the Dalles, Columbia River Gorge, 1882. Stereograph of the Passage of the Dalles, Columbia River Gorge, 1882. Items 2/94 and 2/95 are duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate caption on stereograph 2/95: "Mt. Hood from the Dalles, Col. River Scenery, Oregon."

Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916

"D145. Warrendale Salmon Fishery, Columbia River scenery, W.T."

Boudoir card of the salmon fishery on the Columbia River at Warrendale, Oregon. A woman stands beside the railroad tracks that pass the fishery in the foreground. The title of the card incorrectly states this is located in Washington Territory. An Oregonian newspaper article featuring this photograph is affixed to the back of the card. It is dated Sunday, November 15, 1953, with the headline, "Historic Salmon Cannery Site in Gorge Acquired for Recreation Use by Forest."

Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916

Sun Sketches of Columbia River Scenery

Photo album, "Sun Sketches of Columbia River Scenery," containing photos by Carleton E. Watkins. Album page bears signature of Charles H. Prescott, dated 1884. Prescott was the original owner of this album, and manager of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co. A small biographical note appears alongside his signature. There is also an inscription from John Neilson Barry (b.1870), an Episcopal clergyman and historian from Portland, Or., to Julius L. Meier, governor of Oregon from 1931-1935. Inscription reads, "To the beloved Governor of Oregon Julius L. Meier whose noble and self sacrificing efforts in promoting the welfare of the people of Oregon have made him a public benefactor. J. Neilson Barry." Plates O.1. and O.45. are arranged out of numerical order. Plates O.28 and O.29 are not included.

Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916

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