Vista House Observatory Columbia River Highway Oregon Map_Univ_Virginia when prizefighting was still half-outlawed

when prizefighting was still half-outlawed and the padded mitt was being engineered into respectability

cataloged from above in linen postcards of the 1920s and '30s

Patrick's rising from what was then the upper reaches of Manhattan

rendered in the sober lithographic register reserved for men whose vocations crossed both ocean and color line in the long aftermath of the war

rounded thing meant for drop-kicks and rugby-style scrums

Vista House Observatory Columbia River Highway Oregon Map_Univ_Virginia when prizefighting was still half-outlawedVista House Observatory Columbia River Highway Oregon arrives in octagonal stone perched high on Crown Point, its rotunda windows surveying the gorge where basalt cliffs plunge toward the river's silver bend. Built to crown the great scenic highway, it stands sentinel over winding switchbacks and Douglas fir a marble jewel of the auto touring age, cataloged in linen and real photo postcards from the 1920s and '30s. About the Source Bella Frye curates