Middle Cascades, Columbia River, Oregon, 1906 – 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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Middle Cascades, Columbia River, Oregon, 1906 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Middle Cascades, Columbia River
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Middle Cascades, Columbia River, Oregon, 1906
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In 1906, the Middle Cascades stretch of the Columbia River in Oregon was a corridor of rail, river traffic, and fishing that tied the interior to Portland. The Oregon Railway and Navigation Company ran its line along the south bank, and steamboats worked the river between the rapids, where the federal locks at the Cascades had opened in 1896 to let vessels bypass the white water. Salmon fishing remained central to life along the gorge, and canneries and fish wheels supplied a regional market that shipped by rail and river to Portland and beyond. Communities such as Cascade Locks depended on the portage, the railroad, and the seasonal catch, while the gorge's steep walls and falls made it one of the most visited scenic stretches of the Northwest.
| Created / published | 1906 |
|---|---|
| Creator | gifford, benjamin a. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Oregon |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,358 × 1,358 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Middle Cascades, Columbia River |
| Reference | OR 1906 Middle Cascades, Columbia River |
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