Fairy Falls, Columbia Gorge - 1890s

This photo comes from an unlabeled D. C. Herrin boudoir card; thus we're guessing a bit when we identify them as Fairy Falls. We're confident they're in the Columbia Gorge. The diminutive Fairy Falls are only 20 feet high, located on an unnamed creek that empties into Wahkeena Creek, upstream from Wahkeena Falls. In this photo Herrin has provided a vignette effect by lightening the edges - bringing focus to the ethereal details of the falls themselves. -- This photo is restored and printed by Old Oregon.