Photograph of a circa 1840 Sketch, "Descending the Blue Mountains to the Columbia River"
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"Descending the Blue Mountains to the Valley of the Columbia," 1929 Sketch by William Henry Jackson
Photograph of a circa 1840 Sketch, "Descending the Blue Mountains to the Columbia River" (back)
THF200428
"Descending the Blue Mountains to the Valley of the Columbia," 1929 Sketch by William Henry Jackson / back
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Photograph of a circa 1840 Sketch, "Descending the Blue Mountains to the Columbia River" (back) - Thumbnail

"Descending the Blue Mountains to the Valley of the Columbia," 1929 Sketch by William Henry Jackson

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1865-1870

Creators

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942 

Creator Notes

Photo of the 1929 sketch, a copy of William Henry Jackson's original sketch made 1865-1870.

Keywords

United States, Oregon 

Photographic prints 

Photographs 

Wagon trains 

Frontier & pioneer life 

Drawings (Visual works) 

Collection Title

American Road Marketing Photographs Series 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.1859.75

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in

Width: 10.125 in

Inscriptions

Typed on reverse side: Descending the Blue Mountains to the Columbia River

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