Bird's-eye view looking upstream along the Columbia River and the Columbia River Gorge, Cape Horn, 1942

Item Overview

Title

Bird's-eye view looking upstream along the Columbia River and the Columbia River Gorge, Cape Horn, 1942

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

June 29, 1942

Date

1942-06-29

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Bird's-eye view looking east from the Cape Horn Lookout along the Evergreen Highway and down at the Columbia River, Columbia River Gorge and Skamania Island. The Columbia River flows downstream towards the camera along the right edge of the image. Skamania Island is in the middle of the river, about halfway up the image at right. The Washington side (right bank) occupies the majority of the image at center and left. Farmland sits in the foreground at center and below the lookout. It is surrounded by forest. Beyond the trees, canyon walls rise above the Columbia River Gorge. The Oregon side (left bank) is visible in the far distance at right.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1604. Yellowstone trip 1942. Monday, June 29, 1942. Columbia River Highway. 1. At a view point on the river. L to R: Mrs H.H.West. P.F.C. Ernest T. Lewis, Marine Det., U.S.S. Nevada, Care Postmaster San Francisco en route home on 15 day furlough to Louisiana. We took him as far as Bridge of the Gods. Mrs Ray Johnson. 2. A view looking up the Columbia River from a view point on the State of Washington side, after we xd over. 2 films [Note: In all instances of the year date, 1942, the last digit (2) is handwritten over a typed 3.]

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

Washington--Cape Horn

Longitude

45.576396

Latitude

-122.194762

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Landscapes (Representations)
Columbia River Gorge (Or. and Wash.)
Scenic overlooks--Washington--Cape Horn
Bird's-eye views
Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area (Or. and Wash.)
Cape Horn (Wash.)