Military Buildings
- Barracks Row, U. S. Military Post, Vancouver, Washington - 1931As low as $5.00These buildings of Barracks Row are across the parade grounds from the better-known Officers Row at Vancouver Barracks. Learn More
- Blockhouse at Upper Cascades, Columbia River - c. 1885As low as $5.00Built in 1856, this blockhouse was only used for a few years but lasted for decades afterwards. The Cascades were a strategic military site during unrest between early settlers and the Native American inhabitants. Learn More
- Blockhouse, Upper Cascades, Columbia River - 1860As low as $5.00Fort Lugenbeel, also known as the Upper Blockhouse, was built in 1856 after the "Cascades Massacre" of the Yakima Indian Wars occurred just downstream. Learn More
- Cascades of the Columbia - c. 1890As low as $5.00The Cascade Rapids on the Columbia River were one of two sections of the river that blocked passage for steamboats, the other being The Dalles. Learn More
- Closeup of Old Blockhouse at the Cascades - 1880sAs low as $5.00This closeup view shows how the solidly built blockhouse still persisted thirty years after it was abandoned. Learn More
- Fort Canby, Cape Disappointment - c. 1890As low as $5.00Built during the Civil War to protect the mouth of the Columbia, the garrison buildings for what was initially called Fort Cape Disappointment were located on the protected bay side of of the southern end of Long Beach Peninsula. Learn More
- Fort Canby, From the Bay - c. 1890As low as $5.00This view of the southern part of the Fort Canby garrison also shows the extreme southern tip of Long Beach Peninsula, which divides Willapa Bay from the Pacific Ocean. Learn More
- Hospital at Fort Klamath - 1888As low as $5.00This rare photo shows the Hospital at Fort Klamath two years before the fort was closed in 1890. From a boudoir card photo by David C. Herrin, who at that time had his studio in Medford. Learn More
- Mule Laden with Casks, Colville - c. 1860As low as $5.00A mule is outfitted to carry casks for the British Northwest Boundary Commission at their Colville "huts" on the Columbia River. Learn More
- Officers' Mess House, Fort Vancouver - May, 1860As low as $5.00This view of the Officers' Mess Hall is so crisp and clear it's easy to forget it was taken over 150 years ago. (We missed by five months getting back into the 1850s.) Learn More
- Officers' Quarters, Fort Canby - c. 1885As low as $5.00Three girls grace the front porch and a couple more children peer from the second-story window, in this view of military officers' housing in southern Washington 125 years ago. Learn More
- Stage Passing Abandoned Officers' Quarters, Fort Klamath - c. 1908As low as $5.00Fort Klamath at its peak included more than 40 buildings. It was officially closed in 1889, and after heavy snows collapsed several buildings in 1890 it was abandoned. Learn More
- Stage Stopping at Fort Klamath Indian Agency - c. 1908As low as $5.00The original Klamath Indian Agency was located about two miles from Fort Klamath, and was thus sometimes referred to as "Fort Klamath Indian Agency", which was the title Howard Tibbitts gave to this photograph. Learn More
- The Bay Beach, Fort Canby - c. 1885As low as $5.00This view is William H. Partridge's take on the garrisons of Fort Canby, located, as the title states, at the Bay Beach on the inside of the southern tip of Long Island peninsula. Learn More
- The Middle Blockhouse at the Cascades - 1867As low as $5.00Officially known as "Fort Raines", the middle blockhouse was built in 1855 to protect the portage railroad around the Cascade Rapids. It was abandoned in 1857. Learn More
- The Old Blockhouse at The Cascades - 1880sAs low as $5.00The Old Blockhouse, across the Columbia River from Cascade Locks. Learn More
- Troops Drilling on Parade Grounds, Vancouver Barracks - 1907As low as $5.00A wide-format view of troops drilling at Vancouver Barracks, in the early part of the twentieth century. The East and South Barracks had just been built, increasing the housing at this Army military installation begun in 1850. Learn More
- Vancouver Barracks, Parade Grounds with Cannons - c. 1880As low as $5.00Vancouver Barracks is but one name given to the U.S. military installation in Vancouver, Washington, adjacent to the old British Fort Vancouver. Learn More
- View of Columbia River from Blockhouse at Upper Cascades - c. 1885As low as $5.00A companion photo to Davidson's "Blockhouse at Upper Cascades", this view looks down the Columbia from the blockhouse located on a small hill. Learn More