Cape Horn – Historic Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic image captures Cape Horn in remarkable detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Cape Horn
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Cape Horn is a basalt headland rising above the Columbia River Gorge, where the cliffs drop sharply to the water and the river bends through a narrow channel. The site became well known once the Historic Columbia River Highway was carved along the gorge in the 1910s, and engineers used its curving grades to give travelers wide views of the river and the falls upstream. Look closely at the rock faces and the road's placement, which show how builders worked with steep terrain to open the gorge to motor travel. The scene reflects a period when the Columbia was becoming a major route for both commerce and tourism.
| Original scan | 2,212 × 3,509 px · prints to 7 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 42 OR Cape Horn |
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