1860s
- Alfred Lewelling, Pioneer Horticulturalist, and his Family - c. 1860As low as $5.00When Henderson Lewelling brought his family to the Willamette Valley along the Oregon Trail in 1847, his then-15-year-old son Alfred drove the ox-team that pulled the now famous "tree wagon", filled with over 700 fruit tree starts. Learn More
- Benjamin Stark, Portland Founder & U.S. Senator - c. 1861As low as $5.00Born in Louisiana in 1820, Stark sailed to Oregon in 1845, where he soon purchased Asa Lovejoy's share of the land that eventually became downtown Portland, for $390. 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
- Boy from Salem in Military Garb - c. 1862As low as $5.00Early tintypes can rarely be attributed to specific photographers. We know this view was by Joseph Buchtel, as the original has an advertisement for his Salem "branch gallery" glued to its back. Learn More
- Captain Charles Wilkes - 1863As low as $5.00Born in 1798, Captain Charles Wilkes is best known for leading the United States Exploring Expedition, which circumnavigated the world from 1838 through 1842, and spent significant time in the Pacific Northwest in 1841. Learn More
- Colonel George Wright - c. 1860As low as $5.00Colonel George Wright graduated from West Point in 1827, and spent almost forty years as a military officer, much of it in the Pacific Northwest. Learn More
- Colville Mother and Child - c. 1860As low as $5.00This very early photo of a Colville mother and her infant child was taken by the Corps of Royal Engineers, likely near Spokane. Learn More
- Dr. Sidney Marsh, 1st President of Pacific University - c. 1865As low as $5.00Dr. Sidney Marsh was appointed President of Tualatin Academy in Forest Grove in 1853, and carried on as that position when the school became Pacific University in 1854. Learn More
- Early Tepee and Canoe, Pend Oreille River - c. 1860As low as $5.00A bark canoe and a reed-mat covered tepee sit across the Pend Oreille River from the British Northwest Boundary Commission's encampment near the Canadian border. Learn More
- Elmer E. Charman, Future Oregon City Businessman - c. 1869As low as $5.00Elmer E. Charman, taken at about the time of his father's death in the late 1860s. Learn More
- Father and Daughters - circa 1868As low as $5.00We don't know the names of these people, but we can make some good assumptions about them. Learn More
- First Iron Furnace in Oswego - c. 1866As low as $5.00This is probably the earliest photo of the first Oswego iron furnace, taken in 1866 - a year before Carleton Watkins came from California to create his series of views. Learn More
- Gen. Isaac Stevens, First Governor of Washington Territory - c. 1861As low as $5.00The first governor of Washington Territory, appointed by President Pierce in 1853, Isaac Stevens is also known for his survey of a northern railroad line that he completed as he traveled slowly across the continent on the way to his new position. Learn More
- George Gibbs, Northwest Geologist & Ethnologist - c. 1865As low as $5.00George Gibbs was born in Astoria - the Astoria in New York, not Oregon. However, as a geologist and ethnologist, he contributed to the history of the Pacific Northwest, based on his studies of the languages of the indigenous peoples here. Learn More
- George H. Himes, Printer and Historian - 1865As low as $5.00This 1865 portrait was taken by Frank Dalton, shortly after Himes came to Portland from Olympia. Learn More
- George H. Williams, Judge & Senator - c. 1865As low as $5.00This intense-looking gentleman was one of Oregon's longest-serving public figures, starting as Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court in 1853 and concluding as Mayor of Portland from 1902 through 1905. Learn More
- George Law Curry, Oregon's Last Territorial Governor - 1860sAs low as $5.00George Law Curry, a publisher and jewelry maker, served as Oregon Territory's governor on three different occasions. Learn More
- George Thorpe and Parents - 1860sAs low as $5.00I don't know much more than the name of the boy in the photo, but the image haunted me until I added it to this site. Learn More
- Harvey J. Meacham, Co-founder of Meacham, Oregon - 1865As low as $5.00Born in Indiana in 1828, Harvey John Meacham and his brother Alfred B. Meacham were early settlers in Eastern Oregon, who founded the town of Meacham in Umatilla County in 1863. Learn More
- Harvey W. Scott, Shortly after Graduation - 1865As low as $5.00Harvey Whitefield Scott, brother of Abigail Scott Duniway, is best known as the long-time editor and driving force behind the Portland Oregonian newspaper. Learn More
- Indian Camp at the Head of the Dalles - 1867As low as $5.00Seen from the Washington side of the Columbia, a modest dwelling overlooks the head of the Dalles, where the river narrows on the far side heading downstream to the right. Learn More
- Indian Encampment, Dalles of the Columbia - 1860As low as $5.00The patchwork coverings on the tepees shown in this May 1860 photo make you wonder how much more shelter their inhabitants had in the middle of winter. Learn More
- John Denny, Patriarch of the Seattle Denny Family - c. 1865As low as $5.00John Denny, his sons Arthur and David, and their families traveled the Oregon Trail to the Willamette Valley in 1851. Along the way, Arthur became convinced that the Puget Sound area was where he wanted to settle. Learn More
- Kalispel Couple, Wearing Traditional Dress - c. 1861As low as $5.00This early portrait by the Royal Engineers, and others in its series, are notable as they are some of the first photographs made of Northwest Native Americans. Learn More
- Lieutenant Charles W. Wilson, Royal Engineers - c. 1860As low as $5.00Lieutenant Wilson was about 24 when this photo was taken, and among other duties, worked as a photographer for the Royal Engineers. Learn More
- M. K. Lauden, Co-founder of Portland Business College - 1868As low as $5.00Lauden, along with H. M DeFrance, started National Business College in Portland in 1866, which was renamed as Portland Business College in the 1880s. Learn More
- Major General Edward R. S. Canby - circa 1863As low as $5.00Edward Richard Sprigg Canby (November 9, 1817 – April 11, 1873) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the Civil War. Learn More
- Mills & McLoughlin House at Willamette Falls - 1867As low as $5.00This 1867 view of the mills at Willamette Falls is part of a series of stereoviews created by Carleton Watkins during his visit to Oregon that year. 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
- Panorama of Oregon City and Willamette Falls, No. 2 - 1867As low as $5.00Panorama of Oregon City and the Willamette Falls No. 2, part of a series of five. Learn More
- Part of Kettle Falls on the Columbia - 1860As low as $5.00Kettle Falls (Salish: Shonitkwu, meaning "roaring or noisy waters") was an ancient and important salmon fishing site on the upper reaches of the Columbia River, in what is today the U.S. state of Washington. Learn More
- Pilgrims on the Plains - 1869As low as $5.00Published in Harper's Weekly in June of 1869, this fanciful view of wagon train life features a group of horses running through the circle of covered wagons. Learn More
- Portage Railroad and Middle Blockhouse at Cascades - 1867As low as $5.00Looking downstream on the wooden tracks of the portage railroad on the Washington side of the Columbia Cascades. Learn More
- Senator Henry W. Corbett - c. 1867As low as $5.00This closeup of Corbett originated from the same Brady glass plate negative used to create the full body pose featured elsewhere on this site. However, we've restored the closeup view from a separate original. Learn More
- Senator Henry W. Corbett - c. 1867As low as $5.00This photo of Portland merchant Henry Winslow Corbett was likely taken about the time he began his term as U.S. Senator in 1867. Learn More
- Senator Joseph Lane of Oregon - c. 1861As low as $5.00This Matthew Brady photo of Joseph Lane was probably taken near the end of his term in the U.S. Senate from 1859 through 1861. Learn More
- Smelting Furnace, Oswego Iron Works - 1867As low as $5.00A view from the back of the first Oswego Iron Smelter captures a moving goat or two browsing the refuse pile. Learn More
- Steamboats Rival and Alert at Willamette Falls - c. 1866As low as $5.00The original for this rare view is a hundred-year-old copy print of an even older photograph of steamboat activity below Willamette Falls. Learn More
- The Charman Brothers, Oregon City - c. 1864As low as $5.00Lennie (later known as T. L.) and Elmer Charman, ages about 4 and 3, who grew up to partner in a number of well-known Oregon City business ventures. 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 Passage of the Dalles - 1867As low as $5.00A boudoir card version of one of Carelton Watkin's most famous 1867 views of the Columbia River. Learn More
- The Rocky Mountains, Emigrants Crossing the Plains - 1866As low as $5.00This idealized vision of the Oregon Trail was created by Frances (Fanny) Palmer for Currier & Ives in 1866. Learn More
- The Tooth Bridge, O. R. R. at Cascades - 1867As low as $5.00Looking upstream along the Tooth Bridge on the 5-mile-long portage railroad on the Oregon side of the Cascade Rapids. Learn More
- Thomas and Marian Allen Miller - 1860sAs low as $5.00Thomas Miller and Marian Allen's marriage on New Year's eve, Dec. 31, 1863, linked two of the West Linn area's earliest settler families. Learn More
- Three of Spokane Chief Garry's Men - c. 1860As low as $5.00Three of Chief Garry's inner circle, in this early photograph by the Corps of Royal Engineers. Learn More
- Tooth Bridge, Portage Railroad at the Cascades - 1867As low as $5.00Looking upstream along the Tooth Bridge at the 5-mile-long portage railroad on the Oregon side of the Cascades. Learn More
- Two Girls from Albany - c. 1867As low as $5.00Their hair secured by ribbons, two sisters pose in matching dresses, shortly after the end of the Civil War. Learn More
- Upper Cape Horn, Near Celilo - 1867As low as $5.00A great view by Watkins of the upper portage railroad on the Oregon side of the Columbia River, and the bluffs of Upper Cape Horn. Learn More
- William Henry Jackson Early Portrait - 1860sAs low as $5.00A tintype studio portrait of photographer William Henry Jackson. Learn More