Rapids where the river falls forty feet, and for five miles is a seething whirlpool; above it is the north abutment to the "Bridge of the Gods." The image appears in the following publication, "Snap Shots on theColumbia."
Steamer in the rapids just below the locks at the Cascades of the Columbia. The image appears in the following publication, "Snap Shots on the Columbia."
Known as Sunset on the Columbia or Wa-Ne-Ka, an Indian name translated as the "halo of the evening sun." Original title was Home Guard and later, Teepees on the Columbia... Located in Washington, near present-day Maryhill. Clouds added from another negative. The image appears in the following publication, "Oregon Then & Now."
Rock features of the Columbia River. "Columns and obelisks, and shafts, lift themselves with a mightier strength and a more majestic grace than architecture has been able to conceive. Through these stately gateways we come to the Cascades." The image appears in the following publication, "Snap Shots on the Columbia."
Ralph Gifford made the copy negative, probably in the 1930s, of the original image by his father, Benjamin A. Gifford. The prints were made in the 1980s or 1990s after the collection was acquired by Oregon State University