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Fishermen rest on rocks at Celilo Falls
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| Title | Fishermen rest on rocks at Celilo Falls |
| Accession ID number | 1974.35.2261.41 |
| Object Type | negative, safety |
| Creator | Virna Haffer |
| Date | 1954 |
| Rights | Property of the Washington State Historical Society |
| Full Description | Fishermen and a boy rest on rocks at Celilo Falls on the Columbia river. The man on the far right appears to be sleeping with his legs stretched out and his hands folded across his stomach. The man on the right rests with his knees drawn up. |
| Inscription | Fisherfolk of Celilo |
| Subject | Columbia River; Celilo Falls; waterfall; Plateau culture area; fisherman |
| Remarks | Before the Dalles Dam was built in 1957, Celilo Falls was a spectacular series of basalt outcrops, rapids and narrows on the Columbia River. Every year spawning salmon hurled themselves upstream against the cascades to reach spawning grounds. It is here that Native Americans of the river; the Umatilla, Yakama, Nez Perce, Warm Springs, Wasco, Wishram and others gathered to fish and trade. The tribes built wooden platforms to above the swirling water to fish using dip nets with 20 foot handles. Each fish was herded towards the river bank where another fisherman removed it, clubbed it, and put it in a basket. On other platforms too far from shore to allow for help from shore, the fisherman pulled the laden net up, hand over hand. The mature salmon weighed from 20 to 50 pounds each. Near the river bank, where the fish were visible, tribesmen speared the fish. Smokehouses on the banks of the river were used to prepare salmon for the long winter. Source: COLUMBIA MAGAZINE. Vol. 15, no.3, pages 3-4 |
| Electronic Publisher | Washington State Historical Society |
| Description | Kodak safety film |
| Date Digital | 2007 |
| Dimension | height: 2.5 inches; width: 2.5 inches |
| File Characteristics | Negative scanned on a Microtek ArtixScan 1800f at 2400 dpi grayscale and downsized to 300 dpi. Adjustments made using Photoshop CS2 |
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