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.
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."
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 2/89: "Interior Tunnel No. 3, Columbia River Scenery, O'gn."
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, and this stereograph depicts one of the railroad's trestle bridges in California.
Stereograph of the construction of Cascade Locks, Columbia River, Oregon, 1882. Items 2/123 and 2/124 are duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate caption on stereograph 2/124: "Lower End of the Locks, Upper Cascades, Oregon."
Stereograph of the construction of Cascade Locks, Columbia River, Oregon, 1882. Items 2/123 and 2/124 are duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate caption on stereograph 2/124: "Lower End of the Cascade Locks, Oregon."
View of the Middle Block House, also known as Fort Rains, on the Columbia River. OHS Collection includes 1 duplicate of this mammoth plate on a different mount.
View of the Middle Landing of the Oregon Portage Railroad at the Cascades on the Columbia River. OHS Collection includes 1 duplicate of this mammoth plate on a different mount with the alternate title, "The Middle Landing, O.R.R. Columbia River."
Left panel of Carleton Watkins' 3-part panorama of Portland, Or., 1867. Mount St. Helens is in the background. Duplicate of Mammoth 402, on a different mount.