Astoria Bridge, Columbia River, Astoria, OR, [at the time, longest continuous truss bridge in western hemisphere]

Artist David Plowden (American, born 1932)

Date1968; printed 1993

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 9 7/8 × 10 11/16 inches (25.07 × 27.15 cm)
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 inches (27.76 × 35.38 cm)

Credit LineGift of David and Sandra Plowden

Object number2015.18.6

SignedSigned on sheet verso, center, in pencil: "D Plowden 1968"

InscribedOn sheet verso, center, in pencil: "The Astoria Bridge, Columbia River / Astoria, Oregon"

MarkingsOn sheet recto, right margin, in red pencil: "←CROP"; On sheet verso, upper left corner, yellow sticker with black pen: "268 / 105%"; On sheet verso, top, in pencil: "PAGE 273 [circled] NEW IMAGE / GFB-68-2430-S-3 / 23f16 1:2 1/2", "#106 [circled]", On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "3/10/93", "NEW PAGE #268" [circled]; On sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "118" [circled]; On sheet verso, center, in pencil: "At time / [?]"

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DescriptionImage of shoreline with sticks coming up through water near large steel truss bridge.

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