Wild Beauty Gallery

Wild Beauty Photographs of the Columbia River Gorge, 1867–1957 This is a selection of 21 images from our inaugural book, Wild Beauty. You can read more about the project here and purchase the book here. Archival reproductions of these and other images from Wild Beauty can be ordered here. Limited edition books, posters, and note cards are also for sale here. The Northwest Photography Archive is a 501(c)(3) organization. All proceeds from sales support our future projects. Please check back as we expand this online archive of photographs. HOME
Plate 3 Multnomah Falls, Cascades, Columbia River Carleton E. Watkins Albumen silver mammoth print, 1867	Plate 11 Cape Horn, Near Celilo Carleton E. Watkins Albumen silver mammoth print, 1867	Plate 21 Indian Summer on the Columbia Carleton E. Watkins Albumen silver mammoth print, 1883
Plate 27 The Carleton E. Watkins Albumen silver mammoth print, 1884-1885	Plate 31 Castle Rock Arthur B. McAlpin and Charles Lamb Albumen silver mammoth print, circa 1889	Plate 39 Fishing at the Long Narrows Bertram C. Towne Albumen silver mammoth print, circa 1889
Plate 43 Celilo Falls Benjamin A. Gifford Gelatin silver print, 1907	Plate 49 Cold and Calm Fred Kiser and Oscar Kiser Hand-colored gelatin silver print, 1903	Plate 53 Celilo Falls, Low Water Fred Kiser and Oscar Kiser Gelatin silver print, 1903
Plate 63 Rooster Rock, Columbia Lily E. White Platinum print, 1903-1905	Plate 65 Saint Peter's Dome Attributed to Maud Ainsworth Platinum print, 1903-1905	Plate 71 Evening on the Columbia Lily E. White Platinum print, 1903-1905
Plate 80 Upper Cape Horn Lily E. White Platinum print, 1903-1905	Plate 84 Untitled Arthur M. Prentiss Gelatin silver print, circa 1914	Plate 93 Oneonta Gorge Darius Kinsey and Tabitha Kinsey Hand-colored gelatin silver print, 1923
Plate 97 Untitled George Weister Gelatin silver print, 1912	Plate 100 Windows, Mitchell Point Tunnel George Weister Gelatin silver print, circa 1915	Plate 105 Untitled Unknown photographer Gelatin silver print, early 1930s
Plate 123 Untitled Unknown photographer Gelatin silver print, 1950	Plate 128 Elements of Earth Alfred A. Monner Gelatin silver print, 1953	Plate 129 Untitled Constantine Zimmerman Color transparency, 1953