Small collection of twelve black and white photographs and photographic postcards. Images include: the Burns stagecoach on the way to Austin, Oregon; a panorama of Vista House in the Columbia River Gorge; the Clatsop County Courthouse in Astoria, Oregon; and a portrait of BiMet Mine night shift employees. Also included are portraits, primarily of unidentified adults.

Two black and white photographs, one depicting a house in Los Angeles, California, and one panoramic view showing Vista House in Oregon and the Columbia River.

Seven black and white photographs of sights along the original Columbia River Highway, including: Vista House, the Mitchell Point Tunnel, Horsetail Falls, Mt. Hood, Multnomah Falls, and Wahkeena Falls.

The Lipman, Wolfe & Co. department store was opened in Portland, Oregon, in 1880 by Soloman Lipman and Adolphe Wolfe. Collection includes leases, contracts, insurance policies, trademark registration and other records regarding delivery services, shoplifting and various departments in the Portland store; documents regarding other properties owned by Lipman & Wolfe and materials used in construction of Vista House.

Collection includes 11 plans, elevations, sections and maps on 8 sheets of Vista House on the Columbia River Highway at Crown Point, Oregon. Plans include information about the history of Vista House and about the 1981 Columbia River Highway Project, the study for which the plans were produced.