Crater Lake, Oregon, 1911 – 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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Crater Lake, Oregon, 1911 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: Crater Lake
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Crater Lake, Oregon, 1911
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Crater Lake in 1911 had been a national park for roughly nine years, and most visitors still reached the rim by horse-drawn stage over long, dusty roads from Medford and Klamath Falls. Motor cars were just beginning to share those roads, a change that would reshape how people got to the rim within a few seasons. Oregon was growing quickly that decade, with new settlers filling irrigated valleys and timber companies working the Cascade slopes, yet the lake remained a destination for travelers willing to spend days on the road. Park administrators were still deciding how much lodging and road building the rim could bear without losing the quiet that drew people up the mountain in the first place.
| Created / published | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Creator | bakowski, b. b., stephenson, j. w. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Oregon |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 4,946 × 872 px · prints to 16 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Crater Lake |
| Reference | OR 1911 Crater Lake |
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