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Landscapes -- Northwest, Pacific -- Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Ralph Penniwell Cowgill photograph albums

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1180
Abstract

Black and white photographs and cyanotypes, primarily in two albums. Scenes in one album relate to work by the U.S. Geological Survey in the Pacific Northwest from 1898-1900, particularly in Idaho; locations include Coeur d'Alene Lake, Spokane, Mount Adams, the Columbia River Gorge, and Mount Hood. The second album includes photographs of an irrigation project near Medford, Oregon.

Dates: 1898-1915

J. F. Ford photograph album of logging and Northwest scenes

 Collection
Identifier: Album 194
Abstract

Album of black and white photographs by J. F. Ford, most of which depict logging activities. Also included are cityscapes of Portland and Astoria, Oregon; sternwheel steamboats; and Northwest landscapes.

Dates: circa 1890-1900

Benjamin A. Gifford photograph album of rivers, waterfalls, and mountains in Oregon, Washington, and California

 Collection
Identifier: Album 609
Abstract

Album containing black and white photographs taken by Benjamin A. Gifford and primarily depicting rivers, waterfalls and mountains in Oregon, Washington, and California, particularly in the Columbia River Gorge.

Dates: 1892

Thelma Hawley photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1116
Abstract

Black and white photographs, particularly landscapes, many of unidentified places and scenes. Identified subjects include skiers in Sun Valley, Idaho; Baker City, Oregon; and the Snake River, Willamette River, and Mount Hood.

Dates: circa 1916-1947

Lars C. Henrichsen photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 64
Abstract

Lars Christensen Henrichsen (1839-1924) was a Portland jeweler and photographer. This collection is made up primarily of glass plate negative photographs taken by or attributed to Henrichsen between 1895 and 1910. Primary subjects depicted in the collection include the Portland skyline, Mount St. Helens, Mount Hood, the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, the Oregon Coast, and the Columbia River Gorge.

Dates: 1895-1910

Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 78
Abstract

Collection consists of marketing and promotional photographs used by the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway. It includes images of rolling stock, railroad tracks, railroad stations, agriculture, street scenes, and landscapes.

Dates: 1890-1970

Unidentified album pages

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1147
Abstract

Collection consists of black and white photographs on six pages removed from an unidentified album. Among the subjects depicted are scenes in the Columbia River Gorge, including Multnomah Falls, a fishwheel, a blockhouse, and Oneonta Gorge; Mount Hood and Mount Shasta; a joss house in Portland's Chinatown; portraits of Chinese opera actors in full costume; and unidentified people and residences.

Dates: circa 1880-1914