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(Central Pacific Railroad Stereocard)Biblio.com

SECTION OF THE LONG RAVINE TRESTLE BRIDGE FROM BELOW 120 FEET HIGH. CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD caption title

(PACIFIC NORTHWEST: CARTOGRAPHY)Biblio.com

Map of the Surveyed Portions of Oregon Territory 1852.

185275869Oregon City: Surveyor General's Office 1852. First edition. 15 3/4 x 26 inches. Printed in various shades of green blue red and black. Some light toning long fold-lines else a very good map of a vastly underpopulated Territory.The map above shows the surveyed portion of the Oregon Territory as of October 21 1852. It was prepared by John B. Preston first surveyor general of Oregon."With the establishment of the Oregon Territory on August 14 1848 all grants of claims of land in the territory were nullified. It was not until the passage of the Donation Land Act on September 27 1850 that new provisions were made for acquiring unclaimed land to be based upon government surveys. John B. Preston was appointed first surveyor general of Oregon where he arrived on April 20 1851. On June 7 1851 Preston drove the â€œstarting stakeâ€ for the base surveys of the territory at what is today known as the Willamette Stone. The east-west Willamette Base Line and the north-south Willamette Meridian still define surveying and legal land descriptions in Oregon and Washington state.Preston and his crew were able to carry out their surveying and mapping to the extent depicted on this map in just over one year. Each square of the grid termed a section is one mile on each side and includes 640 acres of landâ€”the maximum acreage allowed for a married couple making a claim under the Donation Land Act; a single man could claim up to 320 acres. Thirty-six sections make up a township.The surveyors took careful note of waterways hills prairies and roads. Some recognizable places are already viable communities such as Salem and Lafayette; other communities of the periodâ€”Champoeg Fairfield Cincinnati for exampleâ€”have vanished as meaningful places. All three of those were river landings that were affected by floods channel changes and the eventual disappearance of river transportation. Notably absent from the map is Mission Bottom or Mission Landing the by-then-abandoned site of the Methodist mission of the 1830s and St. Paul on French Prairie. The roads that are mapped include ancient routes such as the California-Oregon Trail which had sections that paralleled both sides of the valley as well as newer roads established in recent years. The roads converging on Salem from the outlying farming districts for instance reflect its recent importance as a mill town powered by the waters of Mill Creek Surveyor General's Office unknown

Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA · États-Unis250,00 $US≈ 211,52 €

[AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL & GEARHEADS -- PACIFIC NORTHWEST]. [MacKAY, Walter Angus, MacKAY, Julia Rose Eder, et al (Photographers & ComBiblio.com

Two intriguing vernacular Progressive Era photo albums filled with 562 original silver gelatin photographs depicting this talented amateur photographer railroad machinist mechanical engineer and later auto repair shop owner driving to Yosemite & Yellowstone National Parks along the Columbia River Highway camping & driving to Mount Baker Mount Rainier National Park and more. The MacKay’s friends & family auto camped and traveled through the West up to Vancouver B.C. hunted fished visited the Panama-Pacific International Exposition as well as Schmitz Park and the beaches of West Seattle with these albums capturing several decades of their adventures.

188059310Portland OR & Seattle WA: Walter Angus MacKay Julia Rose Eder MacKay Cross & Dimmitt ca. 1880-1958. Two vols. 1st - Thick oblong 4to. 11.5 x 8.75 x 2.25 in. 128 pp unpaginated. on thick black paper. With 461 photographs sized 1.75 x 2.75 in. up to 4.5 x 5.5 in. including 2 CDVâ€™s 1 cyanotype several albumen and range of silver gelatin snapshots on matted and glossy paper stock many w/ annotations either on verso below images or w/in the margins at lower fore-edge or in pencil some w/ white ink alongside the images. Contemporary flexible polished calf post-binder punch-sewn at gutter margin in gold silk braid RPPC of Tillamook Bay OR by Gregg mounted on front cover chipping & wear to front cover wear to corners wear & rubbing to some fore-edges occasional chipping minor closed tears still VG exemplar; 2nd vol. -- Oblong 8vo. 8 x 5.75 in. 78 pp unpaginated. on thick tan paper stock. With 101 silver gelatin photographs mounted sized from 1.75 x 2.75 in. up to 4 x 6 in. some w/ sepia effect either mounted directly on the pages or many affixed with small strips of black paper or old paper corners affixing the images to the leaves a few w/ annotations on verso or below. Contemporary flexible diced calf â€œHoushâ€ photo album chipping & wear to spine wear & bumping to corners some pages reworked by compilers at some point still a G exemplar both albumsâ€™ photos with bright strong contrast. These photo albums faithfully follow the sporting and leisure activities of two gearheads from Chicago -- Walter MacKay and his brother Carrol MacKay who together with their extended families and friends drive and auto-camp across the West. The large first album opens with many photos following a trip to Yosemite National Park as well as scenes along the route and upon the return of Walter & Julia. Their follow-up automobile trip in 1928 takes them to Yellowstone National Park via Spokane Idaho and Montana with photos included of Old Faithful a photo by Haynes of the Grand Geyser as well as auto camping at â€œMammoth Hot Springs.â€ Subsequent photos trace their travels through the Columbia River Gorge the Snake River Mount Rainier National Park Ariel Dam near Ariel WA Hoods Canal WA and Newport OR. Their speed boat launch the Carmen is featured in some photos along with several views of pumps hoisting engines giant diesel and gas engines under repair. Other trips include those to Snoqualmie Falls Trout Lake WA near Mt. Adams working a hoist at logging camp partying with friends in Renton WA and even views of Walter MacKay advertising his Automobile Repair Shop with a cover on his rear tire. Other outings include auto camping and picnicking along the Mt. Hood Loop Grantâ€™s Park on the Clackamas River Mt. Hood the Rogue River Table Mountain and views of Grants Pass. Walter and his gearhead friends were known for their stripped-down roadster racing cars and were also early participants in the Seattle Motorcycle Club and Motorcycle races. A couple photos within the two albums show early motorcycles and even gallivanting on some stripped down chassis without engines or tires. The second album includes a series of photos featuring Walter and his car beneath a towering Cedar Stump with arch cut into the base and him holding gun as well as standing on the fenders of the car. The second also includes automobile camping photos with tent and cots folded out of the rear of the automobile driving into Vancouver B.C. as well as driving to Mount Rainier and more along the Columbia River Highway and Mount Hood. Also featured are hunting shots in Eastern Oregon construction of a summer log cabin and much more. Mackay 1883-1959 was a mechanical engineer machinist gearhead racecar builder who came West working for the railroad as a machinist before working for Paragon Co. in Seattle as parts manager. He owned and operated the MacKay Automotive Repair at 165 E. 39th in Portland OR on the SW corner of 39th Cesar Chavez and Belmont for years before working at Albina Engine & Machine Works at the end of the Great Depression. One of the photos in the 2nd album shows MacKay with his camera shooting a photo and several show Julia MacKayâ€™s 1880-1958 sisters and family. Should be noted we unknowingly catalogued an album on Seattle Auto Racing and Motorcycle Clubs from before World War I without having had access to these unknown albums. See: The Origins and Growth of the Club Scene in Western Washington 1910-1941 Jolly Rogers Motorcycle Club Feb. 7 2009; Seattle Motorcycle Races Pantages Theater Program Early Advertising in the West 1867-1918 Univ. of Washington Spec. Collections. Walter Angus MacKay, Julia Rose Eder MacKay, Cross & Dimmitt, unknown

Zephyr Used & Rare Books · États-Unis1 750,00 $US≈ 1 480,68 €

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