[Lewis and Clark at the mouth of the Columbia River] 1805 – Historic Print
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(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.)
Description
A window into the past: [Lewis and Clark at the mouth of the Columbia River] 1805, preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Lewis and Clark at the mouth of the Columbia River] 1805
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The detail that sets this print apart is its setting: the mouth of the Columbia River, where the Lewis and Clark expedition reached the Pacific Ocean in November 1805. After months of travel up the Missouri and across the Rocky Mountains, the Corps of Discovery had finally arrived at the coast, and the party built Fort Clatsop nearby to winter over. This halftone was made in 1906, a century after the Jefferson administration sent the explorers west, and it reflects how Americans of that era remembered the expedition as a founding national story. Printed images like this one, reproduced from earlier artwork, helped spread that version of the journey widely.
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1906 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,156 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-127199 |
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