A black-and-white stereoscopic view. Printing on the cardboard mounting indicates it is number 1825 in the set of "Watkins' Pacific Coast" views of the western states. The caption of the photograph is "The Passage of the Dalles, Columbia River." From the rugged rocks of the near shore we look across foaming water to the an island, and beyond to the steep cliffs and high bluffs of the far shore.