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A charming photo album chronicling a Stockton California couple traveling to the Pacific Northwest for a family wedding then down the Columbia River Highway to Yellowstone National Park in their 1926 Chevy Superior Touring sedan.

1926 · 58781 — Stockton CA: Duffy; Eddy ca. 1926-1931. Oblong 4to. 11 x 4.2 in. 70 pp unpaginated. on thick black paper stock. With 99 photographs & RPPC’s sized from 2.6 x 4.5 in. to 3.5 x 5.5 in. photographer’s imprint w/in negative at lower corner w/ many captioned. Contemporary polished calf Yellowstone Park souvenir post-binder punch-sewn at gutter margin w/ suede calf tie illust. of brown bear on front cover minor scuffing edgewear minor soiling to upper right corner wear to corners still VG exemplar. This album records the automobile trip and scenic views along the way of a young Stockton California couple as they traveled past Mount Shasta to the Columbia River Gorge Highway with snapshots interspersed with RPPC’s. Views of the Rotary Club Fountain at Wahkeena Falls along the Columbia River Highway the Cascade Falls and Funicular at Mount Shasta the Bonneville Fish Hatchery as well as Salmon Fish Wheels on the Columbia River and Multnomah Falls are all present. In addition the couple visited the Celilo Falls area before the dams removed their iconic footprint as well as camped and fished on their way to Yellowstone National Park. Several photos show the falls geysers and vistas at Yellowstone along with glimpses of the black bears and buffalo at the Park followed by trip to Salt Lake and on through the California Sierra Nevada mountains to return to Stockton. Jesse Duffy 1895-1977 was a World War I veteran sergent in Company F 263rd Infantry 91st Division discharged in 1919 worked for Holt Manufacturing in Stockton the City Engineering Dept. during the 1920’s and later for Fibreboards Products Co. in Stockton. Ruth Duffy 1895-1974 was a longtime seamstress and tailor. Eddy 1889-1970 was a longtime Oregon City photographer who first launched his career at 70th & Sandy in Portland as photographer and later operated a postcard stand at Wahkeena Falls in the Columbia River Gorge. Duffy; Eddy, hardcover