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Part of the Kettle Falls of the Columbia River, 1860 – Antique Print

Part of the Kettle Falls of the Columbia River, 1860, 1860 — historic photograph
Part of the Kettle Falls of the Columbia River, 1860, 1860. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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Part of the Kettle Falls of the Columbia River, 1860 comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Part of the Kettle Falls of the Columbia River, 1860

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Kettle Falls, a cataract on the Columbia River in what is now northeastern Washington, is the subject of this 1860 albumen print. It is one page in an album assembled by the British North American Boundary Commission, which was surveying the 49th parallel line set by the 1846 Oregon Treaty. For generations before the survey, the falls had been a major salmon fishery for Indigenous peoples of the region. The reservoir behind Grand Coulee Dam later covered the site, which makes this print one of the few surviving views of the falls as they once looked.

Created / published1860
Medium1 photographic print : albumen.
GenreEmpires : Louis & Clark and the Revealing of America" at Joslyn Art Museum
NotesTitle from item. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 17]. Exhibited: Rivers
SubjectsBritish North American Boundary Commission--1860. Waterfalls--Washington (State)--1860. Rivers--Washington (State)--1860. Kettle Falls (Wash.)--1860.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan5,000 × 4,023 px · prints to 17 × 13 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-224620

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