Toddler sitting on Grass
Title
Toddler sitting on Grass
Description
Two views of a small child, probably aged between 1-2 years old, sitting on the grass near some trees and a shed. These images were made near Forest Grove circa 1910-1914, possibly near Hillside or Gales Creek. Based on notes found with the original, this could be the child of someone named "Lacey" or "Hudson" who knew the photographer, William Alonso Clapshaw. He made the two images by exposing first one half and then the other of a glass plate negative.
This is one image from a set of glass plate negatives created by William Alonso Clapshaw. Clapshaw was a clerk and shopkeeper who lived near Forest Grove, Oregon for most of his life. He was born in 1880, probably at the family's home in the Hillside neighborhood of Forest Grove, on what is now Clapshaw Hill Road east of Gales Creek. Around 1910-1914, William took an interest in photography and created a set of glass plate negatives documenting scenes near his family's lands as well as images of himself, his friends and family members. He most likely used a silver gelatin dry plate process. The photographs were donated to the Pacific University Archives in 2023.
Creator
Clapshaw, William Alonso, 1880-2013
Date: Display
circa 1910-1914
Identifier
PUA_MS154_035
Subject
Portraits
Place
Forest Grove, Oregon
Gales Creek, Oregon
Medium
Gelatin silver negatives
Copyright
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Source
Pacific University Archives