Columbia River Astoria, Oregon, 1912 – Antique 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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Columbia River Astoria, Oregon, 1912 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Astoria, Oregon, looking out the mouth of the Columbia River
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Columbia River Astoria, Oregon, 1912
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Astoria, at the mouth of the Columbia River, was a town built on fish, timber and shipping in 1912. Its canneries packed salmon in large numbers, and the nickname "salmon capital of the world" was a point of local pride. Sawmills and the lumber trade kept the waterfront busy, while ocean-going vessels waited on the bar and river steamers carried cargo upstream toward Portland. Houses climbed the steep hillsides above the docks, and the town's Scandinavian, Finnish and Chinese residents gave it a mix of churches and languages. The waterfront in this view was the working center of a county that depended on what moved up and down the river.
| Created / published | 1912 |
|---|---|
| Creator | woodfield, frank (frank w.) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Oregon |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,154 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Astoria, Oregon, looking out the mouth of the Columbia River |
| Reference | OR 1912 Columbia River Astoria |
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