Boudoir card of Castle Rock (also known as Beacon Rock) across the Columbia River on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge. Photo taken from Oregon side of the Gorge. There is a railroad in the foreground.
Boudoir card of snow blanketing the ground outside 2 cabins in the Columbia River Gorge. Scattered people, including a family, stand outside in the snow.
View of The Dalles on the Columbia River, taken from the Washington side of the river. Mount Hood rises in the background. OHS Collection includes 1 duplicate of this mammoth plate, on a different mount, with the alternate title, "Mount Hood and Dalles City from Rockland. Columbia River."
Distant view of Castle Rock, also known as Beacon Rock, across the Columbia River on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge. Taken from the McCrary farm in Oregon. OHS Collection includes 1 duplicate of this mammoth plate on a different mount.
Stereograph of a distant view of Castle Rock, also known as Beacon Rock, taken from the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co's railroad tracks east of Castle Rock, 1883.
Stereograph originally taken by Alfred A. Hart circa 1862-1869 and reprinted by Carleton Watkins, who acquired Hart's negatives in 1869. Hart was the official photographer for the Central Pacific Railroad.
Stereograph of floating salmon wheel amd fisherman near Bradford Island, Columbia River, 1882. Items 2/78 and 2/79 are duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate caption on stereograph 2/79: “Salmon Wheel Boat, Columbia River, Oregon.” Transcription from back: “Have (new) neg.”
View of the Imperial Flour Mills on the left, and the Oregon Woolen Mills on the right. In the foreground, five men on a boat look up at the camera, including a man on the stern who tips his hat.
Album of photographs from the Watkins new Series depicting the Columbia River Gorge during the winter storm of 1884-1885. Plates are arranged numerically by Watkins number. This album was originally owned in 1886 by Charles H. Prescott (b. 1839), manager of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co. from 1881-1887, and is inscribed with his signature and the date. Eight of the photographic plates have been removed from this album and matted; these loose plates are stored apart from the album in Box 7.
Stereograph of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.'s railroad bridge over Hood River, circa 1883. Items 2/82 and 2/83 are duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate caption on stereograph 2/83: "Hood River Crossing, Oregon."
Stereograph of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.'s railroad bridge over Hood River, circa 1883. Items 2/82 and 2/83 are duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate caption on stereograph 2/82: "Hood River Crossing, Columbia River Scenery, Oregon."
Stereograph of the interior of Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.'s Tunnel No. 3 on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge, 1883. Items 2/88 and 2/89 are duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate caption on stereograph 2/88: "Interior Tunnel No. 3, Oregon."
