Astoria Columbia River, Oregon, 1915 – Vintage Photo 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 Columbia River, Oregon, 1915, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Astoria, Oregon and mouth of the Columbia River
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Astoria Columbia River, Oregon, 1915
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In 1915, Astoria was a river town of Scandinavian and Finnish immigrant families, many of them fishermen, sawmill hands, and cannery workers. Oregon voters had approved statewide prohibition in 1914, and the dry law was set to take effect in 1916, so saloon owners and local councilmen were arguing over what the change would mean for the waterfront. Ferries, steamers, and freight boats carried goods between the town and Portland and the Pacific, and the river remained the main route for moving lumber and fish. Residents would have seen the picture's stretch of shoreline as the working edge of a county seat that depended on its boats.
| 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 × 1,111 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Astoria, Oregon and mouth of the Columbia River |
| Reference | OR 1915 Astoria Columbia River |
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