Mammoth plate photographs of the North American West
Container / Volume:
Folder 19
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
A mammoth plate is a photographic negative plate size, usually 18 by 21 inches (53.5 x 45.7 cm.) with photographic prints made through contact printing.
Description:
Inscription on verso: Indian Village at the Head of the Dalles, Col. River, O., #S. 44, 82
Mounted clippings from the Pittsburgh Daily Dispatch and one short report each from two other small newspapers describing an overland journey beginning in 1852 and life in Washington Territory, through Allen's return to New Orleans in March of 1855. Also included are missing sections of the manuscript that were published later in 1858 by the Pittsburgh Daily Dispatch.
Alternative Title:
Eddie’s letters
Description:
Cover title: Eddie’s letters., Page numbers have been added in pencil at bottom., Title from spine., and With the exception of pages 2-43 and 45-46, all remaining pages in journal are blank.
Subject (Geographic):
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.), Chimney Rock (Neb.), Council Bluffs (Iowa), Fort Boise (Idaho), Fort Hall (Idaho), Fort Laramie (Wyo.), Fort Walla Walla (Wash.), Fort Washita (Okla.), Great Plains, Idaho, Independence Rock (Wyo.), Iowa, Nebraska, New Orleans (La.) --1850-1860, Nisqually River Valley (Wash.), Oklahoma, Olympia (Wash.), Oregon, Oregon City (Or.), Platte County (Wyo.), Portland (Or.), Puget Sound (Wash.), Rocky Mountains, Scotts Bluff County (Neb.), United States --Territorial expansion, Washington (State), White River Valley (Wash.), and Wyoming
Subject (Name):
Cayuse Indians, Foster, J. Heron, Nez Perce Indians, Oregon National Historic Trail, Pawnee Indians, and Shoshoni Indians
Subject (Topic):
Ferries, Frontier and pioneer life, Horse trading, Indians of North America --1840-1860, Natural resources, Overland journeys to the Pacific, and Wagon trains
Photographs compiled by an unidentified compiler of the Black Butte Mine in Lane County, Oregon, 1910-1920. Depicted are the mining camp and unidentified miners in mines or at mine shaft entrances. The only photograph with a caption is of an illustration done by artist Edward Lange of the Black Butte Mining District
Description:
The Black Butte Mine, a mercury mine in Lane County, Oregon, was in operation from the 1890s until the late 1960s., Caption in English., Title devised by cataloger., and Place of creation and date supplied by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Oregon., Oregon, and Lane County (Or.)
Subject (Name):
Lange, Edward, 1846-1912. and Black Butte Mine.
Subject (Topic):
Mercury, Mercury mines and mining, Miners, Mines and mineral resources, and Mining camps
Mammoth plate photographs of the North American West
Container / Volume:
Folder 18
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
A mammoth plate is a photographic negative plate size, usually 18 by 21 inches (53.5 x 45.7 cm.) with photographic prints made through contact printing.
Description:
Inscription on recto: Tooth Bridge - Cascade Range, Cascades, Colo River and Inscription on verso: Mill at Marysville, Bottoms, # 76
Mammoth plate photographs of the North American West
Container / Volume:
Folder 20
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
A mammoth plate is a photographic negative plate size, usually 18 by 21 inches (53.5 x 45.7 cm.) with photographic prints made through contact printing.
Description:
Inscription on verso: Winter on the Columbia, O, #S.52, 83
