Pacific University Historic Photographs

House in Snow

A house partially obscured by snow-covered trees. The house may be associated with the Clapshaw Family who lived in the Hillside neighborhood northwest of Forest Grove, Oregon. The house may have been in Hillside, Gales Creek, or Banks. The photograph was taken by William Alonso Clapshaw, probably circa 1910-1914.

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, 1880-1975

circa 1910-1914

PUA_MS154_002

Houses

Snow

Forest Grove, Oregon

Gelatin silver negatives

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