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Drinking Fountain
Creation Date: 1917-1918Catalog ID: 2002.28.6Call Number: 2002.28.6Several soldiers stand around what appears to be a large canvas bag with a spout near the bottom. It is suspended from a fir tree. The writing on the front of the postcard identifies this object as the "drinking fountain." -
Untitled
Creation Date: 1968Catalog ID: 2006.90.1Painting (a), oil on mat board, with a paper cover (b) identifying the scenes. The shape is a lunette, flat on the bottom and curved on the top. There are a series of scenes (l to r): Fort Vancouver, Capt. Vancouver in Puget Sound, landing at Destruction Island, Lewis and Clark in the Blue Mountains, and Spokane House. -
Frontier soldier: the letters of Major John S. Hatheway, 1833-1853
Creation Date: 1999Catalog ID: 2003.1.179Call Number: 979.503/H285f/1999183 p.; ill.; 24 cm.; Includes index; Appendix C includes medical report by Israel Moses (surgeon) describing diseases of both Indians and soldiers at Astoria -
O.O. Howard
Creation Date: ca. 1862Catalog ID: 2015.29.10Call Number: EPH/979.7/H835o/1862Portrait (23x14.5 cm.) with signature of O.O. Howard. Major General Oliver Otis Howard (1830-1909). In the Army. 1854-1894. Served at Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory, 1874-1880. Ephemera. Dated 1862. -
"Map of the United States: Territory of Oregon, West of the Rocky Mountains Exhibiting the Various Trading Depots or Forts Occupied by the British Hudson Bay Company Connected with the Western and Northwestern Fur Trade."
Creation Date: 1838Catalog ID: 1975.14.42Call Number: MAPB/OT/1838The area of North America west of the Rocky Mountains (from San Francisco to Fort Simpson, B.C.) is depicted, with the emphasis on Oregon Country. Forts, trading posts, mountains, rivers, and the Pacific Coast profile are shown. The map, dated 1838 documents the fur trade in the Pacific Northwest and Oregon, in particular. From Edward Allen Map Collection. -
Narrative of a journey across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River, and a visit to the Sandwich Islands, Chili [sic], &c.: with a scientific appendix
Creation Date: 1839Catalog ID: 1918.15.7Call Number: 979.512/T664n/1839viii, [9]-352 p.; 24 cm.; The writer was a member of Capt. N.J. Wyeth's party, 1834; ''Appendix: Catalogue of quadrupeds [and birds] found in the territory of the Oregon'': p. [311]-352 -
George Yah-vo-ta-wit at Fort Vancouver
Creation Date: 1855Catalog ID: 1918.114.9.68Pencil sketch on paper. Portrait of a Native American man, head only. His hair is worn long and loose. He has a scarf knotted around his neck. By Gustav Sohon. -
[souvenir plate]
Creation Date: 1960-1980?Catalog ID: 2004.0.444Souvenir plate made of white ceramic with transfer print decoration. Round; rounded raised base; raised sides. Sloping rim above depressed round center. At center of plate is round decal with color illustrations of sites in Oregon. At center is gold color filled map of Oregon with sprig of Oregon grape. Around it are illustrations of a beaver, the Astor Column, road along Oregon coast, Fort Vancouver, a settler's home, a logging train, mill and lumber flume, State Capitol building, Crater Lake, Bonneville Dam, a girl diving, a covered wagon, a ski lift above Timberline Lodge at Mt. Hood, and Multnomah Falls. Rim edge is green with gold trim edging. Overall pattern of gold fleur de lis on the green background. -
HMS Beaver off Fort Vancouver
Creation Date: 1968Catalog ID: 1968.85.1Watercolor painting of the HMS Beaver near a wharf on the Columbia River. Fort Vancouver is less than a mile away in the distance. By Kenn E. Johnson, 1968. -
Seventh Infantry Annual 1933: Vancouver Barracks, Wash.
Creation Date: 1933Catalog ID: 1976.66.2Call Number: EPH/979.7862/U3s/1933[36] p.; photos; 24 cm.; Includes full personnel lists of all companies in the 7th Infantry Regiment.
