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Panoramic view of the city of The Dalles, Or. county seat of Wasco County 1884.

Panoramic view of the city of The Dalles, Or. county seat of Wasco Cou...

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Mill Creek Auto Court, The Dalles, Oregon

Mill Creek Auto Court, The Dalles, Oregon

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New sign along highway advertises a new enterprise in the lonely town of Maupin, Oregon. Population 245

New sign along highway advertises a new enterprise in the lonely town ...

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New sign along highway advertises a new enterprise in the lonely town of Maupin, Oregon. Population 245

New sign along highway advertises a new enterprise in the lonely town ...

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Yakima Indian valley on the Columbia River, inhabited during salmon season. After the fishing is over they return to the Yakima Valley. Indian girl:  "They don't want to live better. The government is trying to make them." Celilo, Wasco County, Oregon

Yakima Indian valley on the Columbia River, inhabited during salmon se...

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Yakima Indian village, on the Columbia River, inhabited during salmon season. After the fishing is over they return to the Yakima Valley. Indian girl: "They don't want to live better. The government is trying to make them." Celilo, Wasco County, Oregon

Yakima Indian village, on the Columbia River, inhabited during salmon ...

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"Rockjack" fence, type familiar in this region. Wasco County, Oregon

"Rockjack" fence, type familiar in this region. Wasco County, Oregon

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Yakima Indian village, on the Columbia River, inhabited during salmon season. After the fishing is over they return to the Yakima Valley. Indian girl: "They don't want to live better. The government is trying to make them." Celilo, Wasco County, Oregon

Yakima Indian village, on the Columbia River, inhabited during salmon ...

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Yakima Indian village, on the Columbia River, inhabited during salmon season. After the fishing is over they return to the Yakima Valley. Indian girl: "They don't want to live better. The government is trying to make them." Celilo, Wasco County, Oregon

Yakima Indian village, on the Columbia River, inhabited during salmon ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Yakima Indian valley on the Columbia River, inhabited during salmon season. After the fishing is over they return to the Yakima Valley. Indian girl: "They don't want to live better. The government is trying to make them." Celilo, Wasco County, Oregon

Yakima Indian valley on the Columbia River, inhabited during salmon se...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Yakima Indian village, on the Columbia River, inhabited during salmon season. After the fishing is over they return to the Yakima Valley. Indian girl: "They don't want to live better. The government is trying to make them." Celilo, Wasco County, Oregon

Yakima Indian village, on the Columbia River, inhabited during salmon ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

"Rockjack" fence, type familiar in this region. Wasco County, Oregon

"Rockjack" fence, type familiar in this region. Wasco County, Oregon

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Indian fishermen pull in net heavy with salmon. Celilo Falls, Oregon

Indian fishermen pull in net heavy with salmon. Celilo Falls, Oregon

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Indians fishing for salmon at Celilo Falls, Oregon

Indians fishing for salmon at Celilo Falls, Oregon

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Indians fishing for salmon at Celilo Falls, Oregon. At the present time Indians have by treaty exclusive right for fishing in Columbia River which is adjacent to their reservation. This right is now being contested in lawsuits

Indians fishing for salmon at Celilo Falls, Oregon. At the present tim...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Indians fishing for salmon at Celilo Falls, Oregon. At the present time Indians have by treaty exclusive right for fishing in Columbia River which is adjacent to their reservation. This right is now being contested in lawsuits

Indians fishing for salmon at Celilo Falls, Oregon. At the present tim...

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Indian fishermen pull in net heavy with salmon. Celilo Falls, Oregon

Indian fishermen pull in net heavy with salmon. Celilo Falls, Oregon

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Indians fishing for salmon at Celilo Falls, Oregon. At the present time Indians have by treaty exclusive right for fishing in Columbia River which is adjacent to their reservation. This right is now being contested in lawsuits

Indians fishing for salmon at Celilo Falls, Oregon. At the present tim...

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Indians fishing for salmon at Celilo Falls, Oregon

Indians fishing for salmon at Celilo Falls, Oregon

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Indians fishing for salmon at Celilo Falls, Oregon

Indians fishing for salmon at Celilo Falls, Oregon

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Salmon caught in Columbia River, Celilo Falls, Oregon, by Indians

Salmon caught in Columbia River, Celilo Falls, Oregon, by Indians

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Sign. Celilo Falls, Oregon - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Sign. Celilo Falls, Oregon - safety film negatives, Library of Congres...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Sign. Celilo Falls, Oregon - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Sign. Celilo Falls, Oregon - safety film negatives, Library of Congres...

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Columbia River at Celilo Falls, Oregon. Site of Indian fishing grounds

Columbia River at Celilo Falls, Oregon. Site of Indian fishing grounds

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Indians fishing for salmon at Celilo Falls, Oregon. At the present time Indians have by treaty exclusive right for fishing in Columbia River which is adjacent to their reservation. This right is now being contested in lawsuits

Indians fishing for salmon at Celilo Falls, Oregon. At the present tim...

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Indians fishing for salmon at Celilo Falls, Oregon

Indians fishing for salmon at Celilo Falls, Oregon

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Indians fishing for salmon at Celilo Falls, Oregon

Indians fishing for salmon at Celilo Falls, Oregon

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Columbia River at Celilo Falls, Oregon. Site of Indian fishing grounds

Columbia River at Celilo Falls, Oregon. Site of Indian fishing grounds

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Indian fishermen repairing their nets. Celilo Falls, Oregon. The salmon run was on and fishermen took salmon and sold them to commercial canneries

Indian fishermen repairing their nets. Celilo Falls, Oregon. The salmo...

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Indian fishermen repairing their nets. Celilo Falls, Oregon. The salmon run was on and fishermen took salmon and sold them to commercial canneries

Indian fishermen repairing their nets. Celilo Falls, Oregon. The salmo...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Electronic surrogate made from item with the same number in the LC-USF34 series. Transfer; United States... More

Indian fishermen repairing their nets. Celilo Falls, Oregon. The salmon run was on and fishermen took salmon and sold them to commercial canneries

Indian fishermen repairing their nets. Celilo Falls, Oregon. The salmo...

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Indians fishing for salmon at Celilo Falls, Oregon. At the present time Indians have by treaty exclusive right for fishing in Columbia River which is adjacent to their reservation. This right is now being contested in lawsuits

Indians fishing for salmon at Celilo Falls, Oregon. At the present tim...

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Indian fishermen pull in net heavy with salmon. Celilo Falls, Oregon

Indian fishermen pull in net heavy with salmon. Celilo Falls, Oregon

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Scene in Shaniko, a tiny Oregon community that is largely a ghost town that also includes a few small businesses serving curious travelers who come upon it in the middle of remote Wasco County

Scene in Shaniko, a tiny Oregon community that is largely a ghost town...

The town was built, beginning in 1898, to serve a railroad that shipped thousands of sheep to market from surrounding farms in the Central Oregon Valley. Title, date and keywords based on information provided b... More

Schoolhouse in Shaniko, a tiny Oregon community that is largely a ghost town that also includes a few small businesses serving curious travelers who come upon it in the middle of remote Wasco County. A sign on the school's outhouse door reads, "Beware of rattle snakes"

Schoolhouse in Shaniko, a tiny Oregon community that is largely a ghos...

The town was built, beginning in 1898, to serve a railroad that shipped thousands of sheep to market from surrounding farms in the Central Oregon Valley. Title, date and keywords based on information provided b... More

The old Shaniko Hotel in Shaniko, a tiny Oregon community that is largely a ghost town but that also includes a few small businesses serving curious travelers who come upon it in the middle of remote Wasco County

The old Shaniko Hotel in Shaniko, a tiny Oregon community that is larg...

The town was built, beginning in 1898, to serve a railroad that shipped thousands of sheep to market from surrounding farms in the Central Oregon Valley. Title, date and keywords based on information provided b... More

Old building in Shaniko, a tiny Oregon community that is largely a ghost town that also includes a few small businesses serving curious travelers who come upon it in the middle of remote Wasco County

Old building in Shaniko, a tiny Oregon community that is largely a gho...

The town was built, beginning in 1898, to serve a railroad that shipped thousands of sheep to market from surrounding farms in the Central Oregon Valley. Title, date and keywords based on information provided b... More

Tower of the second Wasco County Courthouse, completed in 1883, in The Dalles (whose name rhymes with "gals"), a city along the Columbia River in Oregon

Tower of the second Wasco County Courthouse, completed in 1883, in The...

The name "Dalles", from the French, refers to the water-carved basalt rocks and cliffs that are prominent in the area. The building, which replaced a wooden courthouse that predated Oregon statehood, is now (20... More

Remnants of an old truck in Shaniko, a tiny Oregon community that is largely a ghost town that also includes a few small businesses serving curious travelers who come upon it in the middle of remote Wasco County

Remnants of an old truck in Shaniko, a tiny Oregon community that is l...

The town was built, beginning in 1898, to serve a railroad that shipped thousands of sheep to market from surrounding farms in the Central Oregon Valley. Title, date and keywords based on information provided b... More

Granada Theatre marquee in the Oregon city of The Dalles (which rhymes with "pals," not the city of Dallas, Texas)

Granada Theatre marquee in the Oregon city of The Dalles (which rhymes...

The Moorish-style movie theater, which opened in 1930, was designed by by William Cutts of Portland, Oregon, who designed approximately sixty theaters for the Universal Film Corporation. The City of The Dalles ... More

Scene in Shaniko, a tiny Oregon community that is largely a ghost town that also includes a few small businesses serving curious travelers who come upon it in the middle of remote Wasco County

Scene in Shaniko, a tiny Oregon community that is largely a ghost town...

The town was built, beginning in 1898, to serve a railroad that shipped thousands of sheep to market from surrounding farms in the Central Oregon Valley. Title, date and keywords based on information provided b... More

Schoolhouse in Shaniko, a tiny Oregon community that is largely a ghost town that also includes a few small businesses serving curious travelers who come upon it in the middle of remote Wasco County. A sign on the school's outhouse door reads, "Beware of rattle snakes"

Schoolhouse in Shaniko, a tiny Oregon community that is largely a ghos...

The town was built, beginning in 1898, to serve a railroad that shipped thousands of sheep to market from surrounding farms in the Central Oregon Valley. Title, date and keywords based on information provided b... More

An old jail wagon in Shaniko, a tiny Oregon community that is largely a ghost town but also includes a few small businesses serving curious travelers who come upon it in the middle of remote Wasco County. The town was built, beginning in 1898, to serve a railroad that shipped thousands of sheep to market from surrounding farms in the Central Oregon Valley

An old jail wagon in Shaniko, a tiny Oregon community that is largely ...

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The Wasco County Courthouse, completed in 1914, in The Dalles (whose name rhymes with "gals"), a city along the Columbia River in Oregon

The Wasco County Courthouse, completed in 1914, in The Dalles (whose n...

The name, from the French, refers to the water-carved basalt rocks and cliffs that are prominent in the area. The building, designed by architect Charles Jesse Crandall, is the third county courthouse. Title, d... More

Carved cowboys on the porch of the Shaniko Hotel in Shaniko, a tiny Oregon community that is largely a ghost town but also includes a few small businesses serving curious travelers who come upon it in the middle of remote Wasco County. "R2," carved into the bench, is a nearby ranch

Carved cowboys on the porch of the Shaniko Hotel in Shaniko, a tiny Or...

The town was built, beginning in 1898, to serve a railroad that shipped thousands of sheep to market from surrounding farms in the Central Oregon Valley. Title, date and keywords based on information provided b... More

A truck parked in front of a building. Ghost town shaniko oregon.

A truck parked in front of a building. Ghost town shaniko oregon.

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A field with a house and a church in the background. Ghost town shaniko oregon.

A field with a house and a church in the background. Ghost town shanik...

A dirt road in a field with a telephone pole. A rural area with a road and houses. Public domain stock photo.

A small town with a lot of old buildings on the side of the road. Ghost town shaniko oregon.

A small town with a lot of old buildings on the side of the road. Ghos...

A row of small wooden buildings sitting next to each other / A row of small buildings with a wooden fence public domain stock photo.

Even a parking lot in the Oregon city of The Dalles (which rhymes with "pals," not the city of Dallas, Texas) gets an interesting decoration, suggesting Oregon's spectacular Mount Hood. The Dalles' name derives from the French word for rapids, which are plentiful on the Columbia River that passes by the city

Even a parking lot in the Oregon city of The Dalles (which rhymes with...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-12) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More

Mural: "Old Wasco County, 1854-1859" in The Dalles (which rhymes with "pals," not the city of Dallas, Texas) portraying Wasco County historical events. The Dalles, whose name comes from the French word for rapids, which are plentiful on the Columbia River that passes by the city, is the Wasco County seat

Mural: "Old Wasco County, 1854-1859" in The Dalles (which rhymes with ...

Mural artist: Jim Weeks (Source:historicthedalles.org, 2018) Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-12... More

Landscape near Shaniko in Wasco County, Oregon

Landscape near Shaniko in Wasco County, Oregon

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-12) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More

Cottage in the Oregon city of The Dalles (which rhymes with "pals," not the city of Dallas, Texas). The Dalles' name dervices from the French word for rapids, which are plentiful on the Columbia River that passes by the city

Cottage in the Oregon city of The Dalles (which rhymes with "pals," no...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-12) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More

Mill Creek Bridge, Spanning Mill Creek at West Sixth Street, The Dalles, Wasco County, OR

Mill Creek Bridge, Spanning Mill Creek at West Sixth Street, The Dalle...

Significance: Mill Creek Bridge is an early example of a deck girder bridge designed by State Bridge Engineer Conde B. McCullough in 1920. It is 124' long, with four arched curtain walls, which disguise it as ... More

Mill Creek Bridge, Spanning Mill Creek at West Sixth Street, The Dalles, Wasco County, OR

Mill Creek Bridge, Spanning Mill Creek at West Sixth Street, The Dalle...

Significance: Mill Creek Bridge is an early example of a deck girder bridge designed by State Bridge Engineer Conde B. McCullough in 1920. It is 124' long, with four arched curtain walls, which disguise it as ... More

Mill Creek Bridge, Spanning Mill Creek at West Sixth Street, The Dalles, Wasco County, OR

Mill Creek Bridge, Spanning Mill Creek at West Sixth Street, The Dalle...

Significance: Mill Creek Bridge is an early example of a deck girder bridge designed by State Bridge Engineer Conde B. McCullough in 1920. It is 124' long, with four arched curtain walls, which disguise it as ... More

Dry Canyon Creek Bridge, Spanning Dry Canyon Creek at Mosier-Dallas Highway, Rowena, Wasco County, OR

Dry Canyon Creek Bridge, Spanning Dry Canyon Creek at Mosier-Dallas Hi...

Significance: This single-span reinforced-concrete deck arch bridge was designed by Conde B. McCullough and completed in 1921. The main arch spans 75', while the total length of the bridge is 101'. This bridg... More

Dry Canyon Creek Bridge, Spanning Dry Canyon Creek at Mosier-Dallas Highway, Rowena, Wasco County, OR

Dry Canyon Creek Bridge, Spanning Dry Canyon Creek at Mosier-Dallas Hi...

Significance: This single-span reinforced-concrete deck arch bridge was designed by Conde B. McCullough and completed in 1921. The main arch spans 75', while the total length of the bridge is 101'. This bridg... More

Dry Canyon Creek Bridge, Spanning Dry Canyon Creek at Mosier-Dallas Highway, Rowena, Wasco County, OR

Dry Canyon Creek Bridge, Spanning Dry Canyon Creek at Mosier-Dallas Hi...

Significance: This single-span reinforced-concrete deck arch bridge was designed by Conde B. McCullough and completed in 1921. The main arch spans 75', while the total length of the bridge is 101'. This bridg... More

Yakima Indian village, on the Columbia River, inhabited during salmon season. After the fishing is over they return to the Yakima Valley. Indian girl: "They don't want to live better. The government is trying to make them." Celilo, Wasco County, Oregon

Yakima Indian village, on the Columbia River, inhabited during salmon ...

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Yakima Indian village, on the Columbia River, inhabited during salmon season. After the fishing is over they return to the Yakima Valley. Indian girl: "They don't want to live better. The government is trying to make them." Celilo, Wasco County, Oregon

Yakima Indian village, on the Columbia River, inhabited during salmon ...

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New sign along highway advertises a new enterprise in the lonely town of Maupin, Oregon. Population 245

New sign along highway advertises a new enterprise in the lonely town ...

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Indians fishing for salmon, Celilo Falls, Oregon

Indians fishing for salmon, Celilo Falls, Oregon

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Indian salmon fishermen, Celilo Falls, Oregon. When the run is at its peak it is not unusual to see several large salmon taken in one net

Indian salmon fishermen, Celilo Falls, Oregon. When the run is at its ...

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Indians fishing for salmon at Celilo Falls, Oregon. At the present time Indians have by treaty exclusive right for fishing in Columbia River which is adjacent to their reservation. This right is now being contested in lawsuits

Indians fishing for salmon at Celilo Falls, Oregon. At the present tim...

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Indians fishing for salmon at Celilo Falls, Oregon. At the present time Indians have by treaty exclusive right for fishing in Columbia River which is adjacent to their reservation. This right is now being contested in lawsuits

Indians fishing for salmon at Celilo Falls, Oregon. At the present tim...

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Indian fishermen pull in net heavy with salmon. Celilo Falls, Oregon

Indian fishermen pull in net heavy with salmon. Celilo Falls, Oregon

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Indian fishermen pull in net heavy with salmon. Celilo Falls, Oregon

Indian fishermen pull in net heavy with salmon. Celilo Falls, Oregon

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Indians fishing for salmon at Celilo Falls, Oregon

Indians fishing for salmon at Celilo Falls, Oregon

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Indians fishing for salmon at Celilo Falls, Oregon

Indians fishing for salmon at Celilo Falls, Oregon

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