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Alcove Point and Cape Foulweather (Yaquina Head) - c. 1890
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Barely visible in the distance in this photo of women picnicking at Alcove Point is the lighthouse at Cape Foulweather, now known as Yaquina Head. Learn More -
Bluffs Near Newport - c. 1910
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Yaquina Head Lighthouse can be seen in the distance in this hundred-year-old, but very modern looking, scenic photo taken by Albert Thomas, a professional photographer from Newport. Learn More -
Bridal Veil Bluffs, Columbia Gorge - 1880s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The Bridal Veil Bluffs and the Pillars of Hercules are adjoining basalt formations in the Columbia Gorge. Learn More -
Cape Horn - 1880s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A rowboat makes its way along the edge of Cape Horn, on the Washington side of the Columbia River. Learn More -
Cape Horn on the Columbia River - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This very detailed view of Cape Horn is reproduced from an original glass negative created by Oregon photographer Jesse A. Meiser in about 1900. Learn More -
Cape Horn, Columbia River - Near View - 1870s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This near view of Cape Horn shows several small waterfalls amid the pinnacles. Learn More -
Castle Rock - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This highly detailed view of Castle Rock (now called Beacon Rock) was taken looking upstream from the north bank of the Columbia River by Vancouver photographer Jesse Meiser. Learn More -
Castle Rock from the Oregon Side - 1880s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00An unusual view of Castle Rock (now Beacon Rock) from across the Columbia River. Learn More -
Castle Rock, Columbia River, Near View - c. 1878
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Now known as Beacon Rock, this striking feature is located near Skamamia on the northern side of the Columbia. Learn More -
Engine 132 Passing Through The Needles - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A steam engine on the line of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company (O R & N) passes between the two spires of The Needles on its way up the Columbia River. Learn More -
Hallett's Hades, Midway Gibraltar Rock - c. 1880
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Hallett's Hades was a point about 12 miles west of The Dalles, where the railroad tracks passed close to the edge of a cliff, part of which had been blown off in their construction. Learn More -
Lily White's Houseboat Moored at Castle Rock - c. 1903
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The Oregon Historical Society owns a print of this view of Lily White's houseboat, the Raysark, near Castle Rock. Our version starts instead from the original glass plate, in a private collection, and is a slightly larger crop. Learn More -
Looking Across the Columbia River from Cape Horn - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Turning the tables on many photographs of Cape Horn, Jackson chooses here to use the overhanging bluff as a frame for a view back across the river towards Oregon. Learn More -
Mouth of Raskey Creek - c. 1910
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The inscription on this photo's original described it as the mouth of Raskey Creek, 10 miles north of Newport. I've been unable to find any references to a creek of that name in that location. Learn More -
Oneonta Bluff - c. 1895
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Looking east towards Oneonta Bluff, before the Columbia River Highway tunnel was bored through it to the right of the railroad tracks. Learn More -
Pirate's Cove - c. 1910
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This view contains all the classic elements of an Oregon Coast photo - wind-swept trees, craggy rocks, white-crested surf entering an inlet, and of course dramatic clouds in the sky. Learn More -
Rooster Rock - 1890s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Rooster Rock's quiet bay and slender profile mark the western end of the Columbia Gorge. Learn More -
Rooster Rock, from O. R. & N. Railroad - 1880s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00When the railroad was completed from Portland to the Dalles in 1882, it gave photographers easier access to scenes like this. Learn More -
Rooster Rock, On the Line of the O. R. & N. Co. - 1880s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Though based in Baker City, Hazeltine took many photos of the Columbia Gorge, including this view of Rooster Rock, as part of his series "On the Line of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company". Learn More -
Rooster Rock, View from the Columbia River - 1880s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This view of Rooster Rock from the Columbia River side shows choppy water in the foreground and towering bluffs in the background. Learn More -
Sentinel Rock from the rim of Crater Lake - c. 1915
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This view along the rim of Crater Lake features Sentinel Rock, the bare rock formation beyond the trees that reaches to the upper left corner of the photo. Learn More -
Sternwheeler Passing Cape Horn on the Columbia - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00An unidentified steamship passes Cape Horn, on the Washington side of the Columbia, on its way downstream. Learn More -
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The Canal of the Dalles - c. 1925
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This close-up view of the Canal of the Dalles demonstrates the ruggedness of the rock formations that channel the waters of the Columbia at this point. Learn More -
The Needles, in the Columbia Gorge - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The Needles, three miles upstream from Rooster Rock, are known today as the "Pillars of Hercules". They became a must-have view for early photographers beginning in the 1880s. Learn More -
The Needles, on the Columbia River - c. 1885
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This photo of the Needles, on the railroad line up the south side of the Columbia Gorge, was taken by William H. Partridge not long before he moved back to the East Coast. Learn More -
The Passage of the Dalles - 1867
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A boudoir card version of one of Carelton Watkin's most famous 1867 views of the Columbia River. Learn More -
Tillamook Rock & Light House - 1880s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Tillamook Rock and Lighthouse, 19 miles south of the Columbia River bar. Learn More -
Tillamook Rock & Lighthouse from the Left - c. 1885
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This crisp view of the Tillamook lighthouse was taken shortly after it opened in 1881 by Samuel B. Crow, an Astoria photographer. Learn More -
Twin Caves, North of Newport - c. 1910
$25.00 As low as: $12.00According to a pencil inscription on the back of the original photo, this view is of Twin Caves, 12 miles north of Newport, Oregon. Learn More -
Upper Cape Horn, at Celilo - c. 1886
$25.00 As low as: $12.00By placing two small figures on the tracks, photographer Crawford adds some human interest and a sense of scale to this photo of railroad tracks rounding Upper Cape Horn, on the Oregon side of the Columbia River near Celilo Falls. Learn More -
Upper Cape Horn, O. R. & N. - c. 1880
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Sun and shadows add to the drama of this view of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company's tracks, as they pass one of many named rock formations in the Columbia Gorge. Learn More -
Willamette Meteorite at NY Museum of Natural History - c. 1910
$25.00 As low as: $12.00While the Willamette Meteorite is listed in this photo as found in 1902, there is evidence it was well-known long before that to Native American inhabitants near Willamette, Oregon. Learn More -
Wizard Island and Llao Cliff, Crater Lake - 1930
$30.00 As low as: $15.00Shortly after Ralph Eddy began creating scenic postcards, he started traveling south to capture the stunning beauty of Crater Lake and its surroundings. Learn More
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