Young Girl and older Woman
Title
Young Girl and older Woman
Description
Two photographs of a young, blond girl probably aged between 1-2 years old, and an older woman who might be her grandmother. In the image on the left, the girl sits on the grandmother's lap. On the right, the girls sits on the chair alone, while the grandmother is partially out of the frame. They are outdoors, with a hedge behind them. This photograph was probably taken near Forest Grove, Oregon circa 1910-1914. The photographer, William Alonso Clapshaw, 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.
Date: Display
circa 1910-1914
Identifier
PUA_MS154_041
Subject
Place
Medium
Gelatin silver negatives
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