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1. John Edward Tysell, Sr. papers [b001] [f012] [003a]
John Edward Tysell, Sr. papers [b001] [f012] [003a]
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Loose page depicting paintings, torn along edge. The painting on the top half of the page is entitled California Holiday by the artist Phil Dike. The bottom half of the page shows a painting entitled Railroad Crossing by the artist Dan Lutz.
2. View on the Columbia River, Middle Block House, Cascades
Description
A black-and-white stereoscopic photograph with the caption "View on the Columbia River, Middle Block House, Cascades". Printing on the cardboard mounting indicates it is number 1264 in the set of "Watkins' Pacific Coast" views of the western states. The view is along the Columbia River. Evergreens and tree-covered mountains line the shores above low rocky beaches or cliffs. Tree-covered islands are in the distance. In the lower right foreground of the picture is a line of railroad tracks, with some sort of wooden frame structures running alongside. Middle Block House was a wooden fort.
3. Cape Horn, Near Celilo, Columbia River
Cape Horn, Near Celilo, Columbia River
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A black-and-white sterographic photograph with the caption "Cape Horn, near Celilo, Columbia River". Printing on the cardboard mounting indicates it is number 1323 in the set of "Watkin's Pacific Coast" views of the western states. In the center of the photographs are railroad tracks, which stretch straight ahead following the river shore. Close to the left side of the tracks is the river. Only a few feet from the tracks on the right rises the rock formation known as Cape Horn. Between the tracks and the rock are telegraph or telephone poles. In the distance are the river shore, islands, and hills.
4. No. 126. River Front, Arlington, Oregon.
No. 126. River Front, Arlington, Oregon.
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A black-and-white photograph. At the bottom is written in white ink "No. 126. River Front, Arlington, Oregon. B.C. Markham The Dalles Ore." The picture was taken looking down a hill towards Arlington and the Columbia River. Various houses, yards, and buildings are visible. At the right of the photograph is a railyard, with a large water tank at far right and a smaller, taller one closer to the water. At least three segments of trains are on the tracks: one is on the outskirts of town, and a few other railroad cars are visible on two different tracks amongst the buildings of the railyard, including a boxcar with an open door and a round tanker car. In the distance beyond the town, the line of the railroad tracks and the line of a road parallel each other just above the river bank. The eye can follow them a long way down the river, past a landscape which with its treeless bluffs on both sides of the river looks barren and deserted. On the hill above them runs a line of telephone or telegraph poles which continues down into and through the village. In the foreground of the photo beyond the boulders at the edge of the hill from which the photo seems to have been taken is a house and yard (with the corner of another yard showing). Two privies or outhouses are visible at right. In the center a person in a hat and jacket stands next to a pile of firewood. Behind the person is a water pump in the yard. This house has a lean-to or shed which is roofed with tar paper and has a stove pipe sticking out. Other wooden houses, and some fenceposts, are visible through the scattered trees in the town.
5. Great Training Jetty at the Mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon
Description
2 p. A journal article giving some history and financial information, as well as a great deal of construction detail, for the jetty built at the mouth of the Columbia River. The work of the pile-driver and use of railroad cars to carry construction supplies on the miles-long trestle are described. Messrs. M. J. Kinney and Robert Gibson are thanked for the accompanying illustrations and data used in the article. The five photographs show lowering of "mattresses" at the end of the jetty; a train load of rock starting its run out; loading rock onto the dump-cars at the jetty dock; the jet pile-driver used in constructing the trestle; and dumping rocks after the "mattresses" have been lowered.
6. Columbia Unveiled : being the story of a trip, alone, in a rowboat from the source to the mouth of the Columbia River, together with a full description of the country traversed, and the rapids battled, by an old voyager and whitewater man
Description
446 p. At the age of 68 M. J. Lorraine explored the Columbia River from its source to its mouth alone in a rowboat. He was the second person, after David Thompson in 1811, to make this unbroken voyage in one boat, which he had built himself. The book describes his preparations for the journey and experiences along the way as well as the country through which he travelled, and is illustrated with a number of black-and-white photographs he took en route.
7. Columbia River pictorial map: Cascade Mountains and Pacific Ocean resorts
Columbia River pictorial map: Cascade Mountains and Pacific Ocean resorts
Description
Drawn by Fred A. Routledge., Relief shown pictorially and by spot heights., Panel title., "The North Bank Road, Spokane, Portland & Seattle, Columbia River scenic route"--Logo on title panel and on map., Oriented with north toward the lower left., Map highlights the route of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway from its terminous on the Oregon Coast near Gearhart along the Columbia River, through the Columbia River Gorge to the confluence of the Columbia and Deschutes Rivers., Descriptive text, ill., S.P. & S. system map, sample fares, and list of travel agents on verso., Scale indeterminable., ©1916
8. Along the Columbia River, Hercules Pillars
Along the Columbia River, Hercules Pillars
Description
Sepia image. Seen from above, the Pillars of Hercules rock formation faces the Columbia River. In the left foreground is a winding road that passes between the Pillars. There are four utility poles alongside the road. Trees line the riverbank, which has been eroded by the flooded river. Rocks, trees and utility poles are partially submerged in the river. In the distance can be seen tree-covered slopes or hillsides.
9. Great Training Jetty at the Mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon: Page 33
Great Training Jetty at the Mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon: Page 33
Description
Page 33 of a journal article giving some history and financial information, as well as a great deal of construction detail, for the jetty built at the mouth of the Columbia River. The work of the pile-driver and use of railroad cars to carry construction supplies on the miles-long trestle are described. The photographs show lowering of "mattresses" at the end of the jetty, a train load of rock starting its run out, and loading rock onto the dump-cars at the jetty dock.
10. Pillars of Hercules and Columbia River. (On the Road of the O. R. R. & Nav. Co.)
Pillars of Hercules and Columbia River. (On the Road of the O. R. R. & Nav. Co.)
Description
Colored image. Seen from above, the Pillars of Hercules rock formation faces the Columbia River. In the left foreground are winding train tracks identified as the "O. R. R. & Nav. Co. Road" that passes between the Pillars. There are four utility poles paralleling the tracks. Trees line the riverbank, which has been eroded by the flooded river. Rocks, trees and utility poles are partially submerged in the river. In the distance can be seen tree-covered slopes or hillsides.
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