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| Title | Vista House at Crown Point with Columbia River in the background, Oregon, ca. 1920 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1920 |
| Notes | Caption on image: Vista House, Crown Point, Columbia River Highway, Ore. 577.
Postcard probably produced by Weister Co.
Filed in: Oregon--Columbia River--Vista House |
| Contextual Notes | The Vista House was built in 1918 at Crown Point. The building honors Oregon pioneers and serves as a comfort station for travellers on the Columbia River Highway. At 733 feet above the Columbia River, it provides magnificient views of the area, including Beacon Rock. Some early Oregonians called it the "$100,000 Outhouse." |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Monuments & memorials--Oregon--Crown Point (Multnomah County); Public comfort stations--Oregon--Crown Point (Multnomah County); Rivers--Oregon |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Vista House (Or.); Columbia River |
| Location Depicted | United States--Oregon--Columbia River Highway |
| Digital Collection | Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
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| Order Number | AWC2720
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| 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. |
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http://content.lib.washington.edu/sc-use.html |
