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| Title | Lewis and Clark's salt cairn, Seaside, Oregon, ca. 1914 |
| Photographer | Prentiss, Arthur |
| Date | ca. 1914 |
| Notes | The Salt Cairn is located 15 miles south of Fort Clatsop.
Caption on image: Lewis & Clark - Salt Cairn, Seaside, Ore. 8910; Prentiss.
Filed in: Oregon--Cities--Seaside. |
| Contextual Notes | At the end of 1805, the Corps of Discovery built a furnace from rock, which boiled five kettles of oceanwater 24 hours a day for almost two months. This effort resulted in 28 gallons of salt, useful for seasoning and preserving meat on the return journey. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Cairns--Oregon--Seaside; Monuments & memorials--Oregon--Seaside; Historic sites--Oregon--Seaside |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806); Seaside (Or.)--Buildings, structures, etc. |
| Location Depicted | United States--Oregon--Seaside |
| Digital Collection | Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
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| Order Number | AWC2629
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| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info |
| Negative Number | UW18060 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Postcard Collection |
| Object Type | Postcard |
| Physical Description | 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from an original postcard using a ScanMaker 6800 at 100-175 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2007. |
| Restrictions | For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Reproduction & Use page
http://content.lib.washington.edu/sc-use.html |
