Idaho
Part of our motivation in stretching our definition of "Old Oregon" into Idaho is to share photographs by Benedicte Wrensted, including the one featured above.
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A Proud Father with his Daughter - c. 1890As low as $5.00Taken by photographer E. G. Cummings of Lewiston, Idaho, this cabinet card view shows a Native American father, likely Nez Perce, proudly holding his daughter. Learn More -
Bertha Townley, with her Doll Carriage - c. 1889As low as $5.00Bertha Townley, of Weiser, Idaho, here proudly shows off her doll and carriage in a formal portrait created in Hazeltine's Baker City, Oregon studio. Learn More -
Big Rock Cut, Above Cabinet, Northern Pacific Railroad - c. 1882As low as $5.00This view of railroad construction was captured by Davidson as Northern Pacific's transcontinental line neared completion. (It was opened in 1883.) Learn More -
Four Northern Shoshone & Bannock Men - c. 1895As low as $5.00The two standing men in this photo are identified: Jack Edmo, a Northern Shoshone, is on the left, and Joe Warren, a Bannock, is on the right. Learn More -
Horse Camping in Eastern Washington or Idaho - c. 1910As low as $5.00This idylic photo is taken along an unnamed river in eastern Washington or Idaho. If you can identify the location, please let us know. (A person from the area believes this may be the Clearwater in Idaho.) Learn More -
Looking Down the Snake River from Twin Falls - c. 1915As low as $5.00This highly detailed view of Snake River Canyon is recreated from an original glass positive by George Weister, one of the best-known landscape photographers of his time. Learn More -
Looking Downstream from Twin Falls - circa 1890As low as $5.00We're looking downstream on the Snake River, several miles east of where the city of Twin Falls now stands. At the time this photo was taken, the city had not yet been started. Learn More -
Northern Shoshone or Bannock Couple - c. 1895As low as $5.00This unknown couple are probably members of the Northern Shoshone or Bannock tribes, based on other photos taken at the time by Benedicte Wrensted. Learn More -
Phillip Wildshoe & Family in their Chalmers Automobile - 1916As low as $5.00The Wildshoe family, members of the Coeur D'Alene tribe, go for a ride somewhere near Spokane, Washington. Learn More -
Sternwheeler Lewiston Under the Lewiston - Clarkston Bridge - c. 1930As low as $5.00The steamer Lewiston was built in 1923, and based in its namesake, Lewiston, Idaho. Owned by Union Pacific, it was sold in 1940 and its name changed. Learn More -
View from Cabinet Rapids Down Clark's Fork - c. 1882As low as $5.00This early view was captured in about 1882 by Davidson when his photographers were completing a series illustrating the construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Learn More