Gifford Photographic Collection

Mt. Hood from Lost Lake

Title
Mt. Hood from Lost Lake
LC Subject
Mountains--Oregon Lakes--Oregon
Photographer
Gifford, Benjamin A.
Description
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."
Work Type
Glass positives glass plate negatives
Location
Mount Hood >> Hood River County >> Oregon >> United States Lost Lake >> Baker County >> Oregon >> United States
Date
1899
Identifier
P218 SG1 42 04 173
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Rights Holder
OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Local Collection Name
Benjamin A. Gifford Photographs, circa 1885 - circa 1920 (P 218-SG 1)
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Physical Extent
6.5x8.5 glass positives;
Set
Gifford Photographic Collection OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Primary Set
Gifford Photographic Collection
Institution
Oregon State University
Modified
2013-04-29
Submission Date
2013-04-29
Citation
Benjamin Gifford and Steve Terrill, Oregon Then & Now (Englewood: Westcliffe Publishers, 2000), 124.