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

William Orlando Butler

and tail-finned cars idling beneath the office sign

and even the simplest tool was worth a draftsman's afternoon

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

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