Astoria municipal docks, Oregon, 1915 – Historic Photograph Print
(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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A window into the past: Astoria municipal docks, Oregon, 1915, preserved in this historic image. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Astoria municipal docks and mouth of the Columbia River
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Astoria municipal docks, Oregon, 1915
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In 1915 Astoria, Oregon, sat at the mouth of the Columbia River, where the river meets the Pacific, and its economy depended on the water. Salmon canning, lumber milling, and the shipping that carried both to market had made the town one of the busiest river ports in the Northwest. The municipal docks along the Columbia gave fishing boats, cannery tenders, freighters, and coastal steamers a public place to tie up, which mattered to a community where nearly every trade ran through the harbor. Residents knew the town as the site of the 1811 fur-trading post founded by John Jacob Astor's men, and as a working city of Scandinavian and other immigrant fishermen, mill hands, and cannery workers whose wages rose and fell with each salmon run.
| Created / published | 1915 |
|---|---|
| Creator | woodfield, frank (frank w.) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Oregon |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,070 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Astoria municipal docks and mouth of the Columbia River |
| Reference | OR 1915 Astoria municipal docks |
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