Military Posts: Cape Disappointment, Washington Territory, and Others

Overview of the Collection

Title: Military Posts: Cape Disappointment, Washington Territory, and Others
Dates: circa 1880 (inclusive)
Quantity: 1 container, (Approximate 21 items)
Collection Number: PC 101
Summary: A collection of albumen prints on original mounts taken, circa. 1880, by Tollman and G.W. Van Deusen. Eighteen of the albumen photographs are by Lt. G. W. Van Deusen, First U. S. Artillery.
Repository: Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Content Description

A collection of albumen prints on original mounts taken by Tollman and G.W. Van Deusen. Eighteen of the albumen photographs are by Lt. G. W. Van Deusen, First U. S. Artillery. The other three are by Tollman who worked out of South Bend. 10 of the photographs depict housing, officers, and the lighthouse of a military post located at Cape Disappointment. Cape Disappointment, a high headland surmounted by a lighthouse, is located at the north entrance to the Columbia River. Captain John Meares name the site on July 6, 1788, by when he failed to locate the "River of the West" at a point previously charted by Bruno de Heceta on August 17, 1775. The original Native American name was Kah-eese. (Hitchman, Robert. Place Names of Washington.) The other 11 images are of unidentified military posts and houses perhaps in California.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Purchased in 1995 from Michael D. Heaston, Catalogue 23, #358. The collection was processed by Nina Deitz and Trevor Bond in June, 2000.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Description: Cape Disappointment -- Wn. Tollman photographer

Container: Box/Folder 1/1
Description: Cape Disappointment, Military Post. Tollman photographer

Container: Box/Folder 1/2
Description: Cape Disappointment, Military Post. Tollman photographer

Container: Box/Folder 1/3
Description: Cape Disappointment. Photographed by Lieut. G.: W. Van Deusen, First U.S. Artillery

Container: Box/Folder 1/4
Description: Cape Disappointment. Photographed by Lieut. G. W.: Van Deusen, First U.S. Artillery

Container: Box/Folder 1/5
Description: Cape Disappointment Lighthouse. Photographed by Lieut. G. W.: Van Deusen, First U.S. Artillery

Container: Box/Folder 1/6
Description: Houses at Cape Disappointment. Photographed by Lieut. G. W.: Van Deusen, First U.S. Artillery

Container: Box/Folder 1/7
Description: Cape Disappointment. Photographed by Lieut. G. W.: Van Deusen, First U.S. Artillery

Container: Box/Folder 1/8
Description: Cape Disappointment, Military Post. Lieut. G. W.: Van Deusen photographer (?)

Container: Box/Folder 1/9
Description: Cape Disappointment, Military Officers. Lieut. G. W. Van Deusen photographer (?)

Container: Box/Folder 1/10
Description: Armory with Cannon Balls. Photographed by Lieut. G.W. Van Deusen, First U.S. Artillery

Container: Box/Folder 1/11
Description: Cannon. Photographed by Lieut. G. W. Van Deusen, First U.S. Artillery

Container: Box/Folder 1/12
Description: Group of Officers, women and a boy. Photographed by Lieut. G. W. Deusen, First U. S. Artillery

Container: Box/Folder 1/13
Description: [California?]. Photographed by Lieut. G. W. Van Deusen, First U. S. Artillery

Container: Box/Folder 1/14
Description: [Military Post? possibly an Armory]. Photographed by Lieut. G. W. Van Deusen, First U. S. Artillery

Container: Box/Folder 1/15
Description: [Military Post?]. Photographed by Lieut. G. W. Van Deusen, First U. S. Artillery

Container: Box/Folder 1/16
Description: [Military Post? possibly California]. Photographed by Lieut. G. W. Van Deusen, First U. S. Artillery

Container: Box/Folder 1/17
Description: [Military Post?]. Photographed by Lieut. G. W. Van Deusen, First U. S. Artillery

Container: Box/Folder 1/18
Description: [Military Post?]. Photographed by Lieut. G. W. Van Deusen, First U. S. Artillery

Container: Box/Folder 1/19
Description: [Housing at Military Post?]. Photographed by Lieut. G. W. Van Deusen, First U. S. Artillery

Container: Box/Folder 1/20
Description: [Buildings on Military Post?]. Photographed by Lieut. G. W. Deusen, First U. S. Artillery

Container: Box/Folder 1/21

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Subject Terms

Military bases -- West (U.S.) -- Photographs.

Military Posts: Cape Disappointment, Washington Territory, and Others, circa 1880

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