Stehekin River Lake Chelan, Washington, 1908 – Vintage Wall Art
(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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This historic image of Stehekin River Lake Chelan, Washington, 1908 brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Cascade Mts., enclosing the Horse Shoe Basin, head waters of the Stehekin River, near Lake Chelan
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Stehekin River Lake Chelan, Washington, 1908
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Stehekin River, at the northern end of Lake Chelan in north-central Washington, is pictured in 1908, a time when the valley was reached mainly by water. Steamboats working the long, narrow lake carried mail, freight, and passengers between the lakeshore towns and the upper valley, and a trail network linked the isolated settlements. Life there revolved around small farms and orchards, where settlers grew fruit and sold what they could to the lake trade, while the broader Chelan region drew miners and prospectors into the surrounding mountains. For people living in the valley, the river and the lake were the highway, the post, and the market all at once, and the mountains around them set the limits of daily life.
| Created / published | 1908 |
|---|---|
| Creator | pillsbury picture co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Washington |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,137 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Cascade Mts., enclosing the Horse Shoe Basin, head waters of the Stehekin River, near Lake Chelan |
| Reference | WA 1908 Stehekin River Lake Chelan |
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