Historic Early 1850s Daguerreotype Oregon City / Willamette Falls gambling dimensions 3 2/4" x 2

dimensions 3 2/4" x 2 1/4"

oval design

Based on other photos that this one came from

Original late-1860s/c

Historic Early 1850s Daguerreotype Oregon City / Willamette Falls gambling dimensions 3 2/4" x 2Original quarter plate daguerreotype of Oregon City and Willamette Falls, circa 1851 1853. A lumber mill with log chute, floating logs on the river, and several boats are visible. The daguerreotypist L. H. Wakefield had a studio in Oregon City in 1853, possibly as early as 1851, so I assume this image was captured by him. In either case, 1851 or 1853, this is possibly the earliest known photograph of the falls; I was not able to find an earlier