Chinook salmon catch

Title
Chinook salmon catch
LC Subject
Boats Salmon
Description
The salmon industry is one of the great resources of Oregon. The coastal streams and the Columbia River, which is shared with Washington, yield wealth to Oregon that reaches several millions of dollars annually. This picture is of Chinook Salmon at a Columbia river cannery. The value of such an industry and more than 40,000 are dependent upon it for support. The Columbia River is recognized as the greatest fishing stream in the world. From it have been taken during the past 45 years, salmon to the value of 125,000,000 dollars.
Work Type
lantern slides
Date
1905/1910
Identifier
P217:04:41
Rights
In Copyright
Rights Holder
OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Local Collection Name
Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides, 1900-1940 (P 217)
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Set
OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Primary Set
OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Is Part Of
Set 7 - Oregon Industries
Institution
Oregon State University
Modified
2012-02-14
Submission Date
2009-07-14
Note
Hand-tinted
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