Sunset On The Columbia River Washington usa independence State Capitol Salem Oregon arrives

State Capitol Salem Oregon arrives in marble and gilt — the white Vermont stone gleaming beneath the Oregon Pioneer

Crittenden

having just won itself

The First Journey of Victory 1778-1922 binds two republics across a hundred and forty-four years — Lafayette's crossing answered

and the whole image carries that Deadball-era hush of a pitcher who outthought the league before he outthrew it

Sunset On The Columbia River Washington usa independence State Capitol Salem Oregon arrivesSunset On The Columbia River Washington arrives in molten gold spilling across the great river's basalt walled bends, sternwheelers drifting low against the current as evening light gilds the orchards terraced along the bluffs a working waterway hushed to crimson and amber, cataloged in linen and lithographed postcards from the steamboat and orchard era. About the Source Bella Frye curates American postcards from the great postcard golden age (1900s