Transcription from back: “Cyrus Hamlin Walker. 1st Lieut. 1st Oregon Infty. Vols. This photo taken at The Dalles – April 1865. Born at the Whitman Mission [about 6 miles west of the present city of Walla Walla, Wn., on the 7th day of December, 1838. Oldest son of Rev. Elkanah and Mrs. Mary (Richardson) Walker, Pioneers of 1838 from Maine – via the Plains.”
Transcription from back: “Cyrus Hamlin Walker. Born: Dec. 7th, 1838 at the Whitman Mission, which was about 6 miles west of the present city of Walla Walla, Wa. Oldest son of Rev. Elkanah and Mrs. Mary (Richardson) Walker, Pioneers of 1838 from Maine – via the Plains.”
Carte de visite of Mount Shasta, with a wooden fence in the foreground. There is a visible crease from the top to the bottom of the image. Not positively identified as having been taken by Carleton E. Watkins. Title written on verso of photograph in unknown hand.