Pacific University Historic Photographs

Family on Porch

Three people, probably a mother, father and daughter, sit on the porch of a small farmhouse in Oregon. A hammock and rocking chair are on the porch behind them, and clothes can be seen on a clothesline in the background. This photograph was probably taken around 1910-1914 near Forest Grove, Oregon; possibly near the Hillside or Banks neighborhoods. The photographer, William Alonso Clapshaw, exposed half of a glass plate negative to create this image. The other half of the glass plate was used to make another photograph; see image PUA_MS154_011a. Flaws in the photograph are due to dust and deterioration of the emulsion layer on the 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.

Clapshaw, William Alonso, 1880-1987

circa 1910-1914

PUA_MS154_011b

Houses

Farms--Oregon

Photography of families

Forest Grove, Oregon

Gelatin silver negatives

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