Evening : Mt. Hood, Oregon from Columbia River Road near Vancouver Barracks [manuscript], 1880 May 25.

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Evening : Mt. Hood, Oregon from Columbia River Road near Vancouver Barracks [manuscript], 1880 May 25.

Oil painting on cardboard of Mt. Hood in evening light, 25 May 1880, 15 x 10.2 cm.

.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Downing, Alfred

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Alfred Downing, United States government topographer in the 1870s and 80s, was the topographical assistant for the U. S. Army expedition which investigated the feasibility of extending steamboat navigation on the Upper Columbia River in 1881. He published his description of that expedition in "The Region of the Upper Columbia River and How I Saw It" in 1881. He went with several exploring parties out of the Department of the Columbia from 1881 to 1883 and sketched a record of these. ...