Boudoir card of water rising into the air from an explosion as a channel is cleared on the Columbia River. Part of the construction of the Cascade Locks.
View of a distant Mount Hood, rising over the Columbia River. In the foreground, long fences encircle a property with several wooden structures. Taken from the south side of Government Island.
View up the Columbia River to Mitchell Point in the distance. A large rock outcropping sits in the Columbia River in the foreground. Loose duplicate plate in 5/4. This plate is part of Carlton Watkin's "Sun Sketches of Columbia River Scenery" album.
View looking up the Columbia River from the passage of the Dalles. A Native American village can be seen in the distance, on a bluff above the river. Loose duplicate plate in 7/1. This plate is part of Carlton Watkin's "Sun Sketches of Columbia River Scenery" album.
A navigational map, “Chart of the Columbia River for 90 miles from its mouth [cartographic material] / drawn from several surveys in the possession of W.A. Slacum ; by M.C. Ewing.” Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north to the left. Profiles: Cape Disappointment N.N.E. by compass distance 10 miles -- Cape Disappointment N.N.E. 6 miles. "S. Doc. No. 470. 25 Con. 2d S." Series: Senate document (United States. Congress. Senate) ; 25th Congress, 2d session, no. 470. Imaged map dissected and mounted on cloth backing. Item has also been identified as bb017535.
A pen-and-ink map of the Columbia River. Water depths are shown by soundings. Translated title, "Plan of the entrance of Heceta and the Columbia River situated at latitude N. 46ø19§, longitude 18ø53§ west of San Blas, discovered by Dn. Bruno Eceta in the year 1775, and recognized by Captain Gray and Commander Vancouver."
Photograph showing a short wooden dam structure on an unidentified river (possibly the Columbia River). Several men can be seen on top of the structure, on top of which water is being diverted from a pipe. Rock cliffs, wooded hills, and buildings can be seen in this distance. Written on the negative is "49-178." (Image note: see likely related images PGE 49-154, PGE 49-161, PGE 49-170, PGE 49-172, PGE 49-174, PGE 49-175, PGE 49-184, PGE 49-185).
Photograph showing a ferry at Hayden Island, with a dirt road leading to a loading dock for automobiles and horse-drawn carts. On the ferry is a sign with “City of Vancouver” written on it. The Columbia River can be seen behind the ferry, as well as a metal bridge spanning the water (likely the Burlington Northern Santa Fe bridge 9.6).
Photograph taken from a side angle showing a ferry at Hayden Island on the Columbia River, which appears to be behind a wooden dock. On the ferry is a sign with “City of Vancouver” written on it. Wooden pillars can be seen in the water in front of the ferry, and a bridge is in the distant background ((likely the Burlington Northern Santa Fe bridge 5.1).
Collection consists of 43 photographs taken by Lily E. White and other members of the Oregon Camera Club between 1900 and 1905. The photographs depict landscape scenes of the Columbia River Gorge, the Pacific coast, and Mount Hood. Also included are posed portraits of members of the Klikitat and other Columbia River tribes. The photographs are mounted platinum prints and all but two of the prints are signed by the artist. 38 of the photographs are part of a tooled suede leather portfolio. The portfolio also contains prints signed by Sarah Hall Ladd, Will H. Walker, and Maud Ainsworth. In addition to the portfolio, the collection also contains five prints signed by Lily E. White from a separate accession.
Two unidentified men on a raft loaded with wood. A rowboat is tied to the back of the raft. Several buildings and a train car are visible on the riverbank in the distance. Likely taken on the Columbia River. Caption on negative sleeve reads, "The Return with Wood, R-1, LW-1." Image note: appears to be from the same series as image LW-7.
Sarah Hall Ladd using a cloth to clean an anchor on the deck of Lily E. White's houseboat, the Raysark. Caption from negative sleeve reads, "Hostess Extra Duty [Sarah Ladd was Hostess], R-2, LW-2."
A woman, possibly Lily E. White climbing out into a rowboat beside her houseboat, the Raysark, from the water on the bank of the Columbia River. A fish wheel is visible in the distance.
Interior view of one of the cabins on Lily E. White's houseboat, the Raysark. There is a toy cannon on the floor. Several photographs taken by Lily E. White and Sarah Hall Ladd hang on the wall. Caption from negative sleeve reads, "Cabin with Cannon, R-23, LW-23."
View from the deck of Lily E. White's houseboat, the Raysark. A log raft and two row boats are tied to the side of the boat. Sarah Hall Ladd and a man, possibly Charles Elliott Ladd, sit on the raft. An American flag is visible at the back of the boat. A settlement and two train cars are visible on the far shore. Caption from negative sleeve reads, "View from Houseboat Deck, R-38, LW-38."
Unidentified fisherman on a beach at Sauvie Island for steelhead fishing. The men closest to the camera are seated in beach chairs, set next to fishing poles. Other people can be seen further down the beach with set poles. Several boats are on the river. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, July 26, 1953 (negative 2 of 10).
People stacking sandbags next to the Columbia River during a flood, most likely in the Dalles area. The line of sandbags cross a train track, with the river and several industrial buildings visible in the distance (negative 3 of 21).
A man sits on a set of stairs at the Union Stockyards, in the Kenton area of Portland, surrounded by water during a flood. “Davis Moorage” has been written on the stairs, with a boat floating on the water next to the building. A flooded Columbia River and a railroad bridge towards Hayden Island can be seen in the distance (negative 7 of 12).
Photograph of a bus operated by the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway, parked on the side of Highway 30 in Clatsop County overlooking the Columbia River. Passengers stand outside the bus, looking at the view. The bus is marked "Reserved." A sign on the left reads, "Summit Clatsop Crest, Elev. 784." A second sign reads, "Old Oregon Trail." Stamp on the back of the print for A. M. Prentiss, Portland, Oregon.
Photograph showing the sternwheeler Bailey Gatzert on the Columbia River in the Columbia River Gorge. Multnomah Falls is in the background on the Oregon side of the Gorge. Handwritten note on the back reads, "S.S. Bailey Gatzert passing Multnomah Falls." Second handwritten note reads, "Return to Traffic Dept., SP&S." Stamp on the back for Beaver Engraving Co.
Photograph showing the sternwheeler Bailey Gatzert entering locks on the Columbia River in the Columbia River Gorge. Likely taken at Cascade Locks, Oregon. A few houses are visible on the shore of the river. Handwritten label on the print reads, "Bailey Gatsert (sic) entering Locks."
