One of Gifford's most famous early photographs, "Sunrise on Mt. Hood from Lost Lake," shows the reflection of the mountain in the lake as plainly as it shows the mountain itself. Gifford frequently advertised that he was offered $1,000 for the original negative but refused it. The image appears in the following publication, "Oregon Then & Now."
One of Gifford's most famous early photographs, "Sunrise on Mt. Hood from Lost Lake," shows the reflection of the mountain in the lake as plainly as it shows the mountain itself. Gifford frequently advertised that he was offered $1,000 for the original negative but refused it. The image appears in the following publication, "Oregon Then & Now."
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."
A plunge of nearly 300 feet; as the legend runs, a stubborn woman was changed into the waterfall now called "Latourelle." The image appears in the following publication, "Snap Shots on the Columbia."
A plunge of nearly 300 feet; as the legend runs, a stubborn woman was changed into the waterfall now called "Latourelle." The image appears in the following publication, "Snap Shots on the Columbia."
Photographs of Native Americans, primarily on the Columbia River Plateau, taken by Benjamin A. Gifford from the late 1890s through early 1900s. (2 views)