Stereograph of The Needles and the railroad tracks of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co. in the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, after the winter storm of December 1884 and January 1885.
Stereograph of workers clearing the Oregon railway & Navigation Co's railroad track on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge, after the winter storm of December 1884.
This subseries contains stereographs produced by Carleton Watkins that were taken after his bankruptcy in 1875 and are known as his "New Series." Some of these stereographs were taken before 1875 but published later in the New Series.
Stereograph of Oregon Railway & Navigation Co. railroad tracks and The Needles, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, after the winter storm of December 1884. Items 2/101 and 2/102 are duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate caption on stereograph 2/102: "The Needles, Columbia River Scenery, Oregon."
Stereograph of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.'s railroad tracks through The Needles, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, taken after the winter storm of December 1884 and January 1885.
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.
Men at work clearing snow from the track of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company’s railroad line along the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge during the winter storm of 1884 – 1885. This plate is part of an album of Watkin’s New Series photographs originally owned by Charles H. Prescott, manager of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co.
Men at work clearing snow from the track of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company’s railroad line along the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge during the winter storm of 1884 – 1885. This plate is part of an album of Watkin’s New Series photographs originally owned by Charles H. Prescott, manager of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co.
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company relief train arriving to free the train trapped on the railroad line along the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge during the winter storm of 1884 – 1885. This plate is part of an album of Watkin’s New Series photographs originally owned by Charles H. Prescott, manager of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co.
View of snow and ice along the Columbia River with Castle Rock in the distance during the winter storm of 1884-1885. A train is visible in the lower right corner of the image and several people are working to clear snow from the tracks in the distance. This plate is part of an album of Watkin’s New Series photographs originally owned by Charles H. Prescott, manager of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co.
Men at work clearing snow from the track of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company’s railroad line along the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge during the winter storm of 1884 – 1885. This plate is part of an album of Watkin’s New Series photographs originally owned by Charles H. Prescott, manager of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co.
View of the Columbia River Gorge during the winter storm of 1884 – 1885, from the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company’s tracks on the Oregon side of the river. A group of workers is visible manually clearing snow from the tracks in the distance. This plate is part of an album of Watkin’s New Series photographs originally owned by Charles H. Prescott, manager of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co.
Men at work clearing snow from the track of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company’s railroad line along the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge during the winter storm of 1884 – 1885. This plate is part of an album of Watkin’s New Series photographs originally owned by Charles H. Prescott, manager of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co.
Men at work clearing snow from the track of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company’s railroad line along the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge during the winter storm of 1884-1885. The Oneonta Bluffs rise in the background. This plate is part of an album of Watkin’s New Series photographs originally owned by Charles H. Prescott, manager of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co.
View of Cape Horn across the river on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge, taken from Bridal Veil, Oregon during the winter storm of 1884-1885. This plate is part of an album of Watkin’s New Series photographs originally owned by Charles H. Prescott, manager of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co.
View of Lower Multnomah Falls in the Columbia River Gorge during the winter storm of 1884-1885. This plate is part of an album of Watkin’s New Series photographs originally owned by Charles H. Prescott, manager of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co.
View of Multnomah Falls in the Columbia River Gorge during the winter storm of 1884-1885. This plate is part of an album of Watkin’s New Series photographs originally owned by Charles H. Prescott, manager of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co.
View of Upper Multnomah Falls in the Columbia River Gorge during the winter storm of 1884-1885. This plate is part of an album of Watkin’s New Series photographs originally owned by Charles H. Prescott, manager of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co.
Boudoir card of men at work clearing the track of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company's railroad line along the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge during the winter storm of 1884-1885.
Boudoir card of men at work clearing the track of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company's railroad line along the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge during the winter storm of 1884-1885.
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.