Vista House Observatory Columbia River Highway Oregon Map_Univ_Virginia cataloged from above in linen

cataloged from above in linen postcards of the 1920s and '30s

Hyrum Smith and Joseph Smith

Cy Young by Pifer and Becker 1893 — a Pifer and Becker studio portrait from the Cleveland Spiders years

1917 — a mobilization broadside from the spring America abandoned its old neutrality

The scene crackles with cannon flash and churned water

Vista House Observatory Columbia River Highway Oregon Map_Univ_Virginia cataloged from above in linenVista House Observatory Columbia River Highway Oregon arrives in octagonal stone perched high on Crown Point, its rotunda windows surveying the gorge where basalt cliffs plunge toward the river's silver bend. Built to crown the great scenic highway, it stands sentinel over winding switchbacks and Douglas fir a marble jewel of the auto touring age, cataloged in linen and real photo postcards from the 1920s and '30s. About the Source Bella Frye curates