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Passenger steamers in the Cascade Locks, Columbia River, Oregon – Vintage Print

Passenger steamers in the Cascade Locks, Columbia River, Oregon, c1906 May 28. — historic photograph
Passenger steamers in the Cascade Locks, Columbia River, Oregon, c1906 May 28.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Passenger steamers in the Cascade Locks, Columbia River, Oregon comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Passenger steamers in the Cascade Locks, Columbia River, Oregon

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Passenger steamers gather at the Cascade Locks, the lock system that let boats get around the rapids on the Columbia River in Oregon. Completed in 1896, the locks gave river traffic a reliable route past water that had long broken up navigation between The Dalles and Portland. This stereo card, copyrighted by the H.C. White Co. and dated around 1906, was meant for viewing through a stereoscope, a popular parlor pastime of the era. The caption information is old and unverified, so the vessels and the name on the card should be checked against other sources.

Created / publishedc1906 May 28.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
SubjectsH78295 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by H.C. White Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. Index; Steamboats--CHAS. A. ENCER; Ore.--Cascade Locks; Shelf. Series of locks built (1896) around the rapids near Cascade Locks (city) on the Columbia River.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,484 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-130878

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