Name/Title
Postcard, Mutlnomah Falls,Entry/Object ID
2022.1.90Description
Postcard, image of the Columbia River highway showing Multnomah Falls. Card reads, "308. Multnomah Falls, Benson and Highway Bridges. Columbia River Highway. Weister Co."
Back of image reads, "Post Card. Multnomah Falls. Multnomah Falls, unquestionably the queen of all American cataracts. The steam rises out of Larch Mountain, the famous view point of the Cascades, to which a trail is built. It has many falls along its picturesque course and climax of its dashing is the smashing leap it makes for union with the Columbia. There are, in two falls. The first has a perpendicular of 600 feet, and the waters pound into a circular basin with cannon life reverberations, course swiftly under a sunderly arched bridge only to drop again almost 70 feet nearly to the level of the Columbia. Friday Jan. 21, (19)'21. More snow last night but clear and bright today. Just saw a 11X14 enlargement of the picture at the studio and going to take some pictures this afternoon, so ought to have some more to send soon- Kenneth. This space for Address only- Miss Ella Olson, Osecola, Neb. Box 3/3. American Art Post Card. Chas S. Lipschuetz Company, Portland, Oregon. R-62019. Place Stamp Here, domestic One Cent, Foreign Two Cents. Pocatello, Idaho. Jan 21, 4PM, 1921."Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PostcardNomenclature Sub-Class
Writing MediaNomenclature Class
Written Communication T&ENomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for CommunicationDimensions
Height
5-1/2 inLength
3-1/2 in
