Multnomah Falls Cascade, Columbia River, 1867, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 52.4 x 40 cm (20 5/8 x 15 3/4 in.), Photographs, Carleton E. Watkins (American, 1829–1916), In 1867, Watkins made a four-month trip to Oregon and the Columbia River. Josiah Whitney accompanied him for the first month and helped finance the excursion. Watkins had photographed the Nevada, Vernal, and Yosemite Falls before he went to Oregon; on those occasions, he either described the waterfalls as elements within broader landscapes (on the mammoth plates) or made close-up shots of the water roaring over the rocks (for stereo viewing)
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Multnomah Falls Cascade, Columbia River, 1867, Albumen silver print, glass negative, Image, 52.4 x 40 cm, 20 5/8 15 3/4, Photographs, Carleton E. Watkins, American, 1829–1916, Watkins, four-month trip, Oregon, Josiah Whitney, accompanied, first month, helped finance, excursion, photographed, Nevada, Vernal, Yosemite Falls, went, occasions, described, waterfalls, elements within, broader, landscapes, mammoth plates, close-up shots, water roaring, rocks, stereo viewing
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