Shepperd's Dell Columbia River Highway Oregon'1 Frame Style:Canvas Wrap William Orlando Butler

William Orlando Butler

the granite shoulders of El Capitan rendered by postcard artists who understood that the valley humbles the hand that draws it

Illustrated Chart of Our American Republic 1874 — a chromolithograph schoolroom panorama issued in the centennial's long approach

a commemorative print issued nearly two decades after Appomattox when the Republic was still tallying its dead in granite and ink

Fate of the Rebel Flag 1861 — a Union allegorical lithograph published in the war's first year

Shepperd's Dell Columbia River Highway Oregon'1 Frame Style:Canvas Wrap William Orlando ButlerShepperd's Dell Columbia River Highway Oregon arrives in basalt and falling water the slender cascade threading down moss darkened cliffs, the graceful arch of the highway bridge spanning the gorge, and motorcars idling at the overlook where ferns crowd the rail. A monument to the engineered scenic road, cataloged in linen and real photo postcards from the touring era. About the Source Bella Frye curates American postcards from the great postcard