Two Young Men with Cigars
Title
Two Young Men with Cigars
Description
A portrait of two young men posing with cigars. One is seated with a crossed leg on a wide curule chair, while the other stands behind him. They look as if they are trying to project a jaunty carelessness, but neither of their cigars are lit and they both appear slightly awkward. The seated man wears a straw boater hat, a tweed suit and boots. The standing man wears a dark hat and suit with a lapel pin. There is what appears to be an oil cloth rug on the floor and a plain backdrop behind them. This photograph was taken by amateur photographer William Alonso Clapshaw, probably in a home studio. Several other photographs exist that were taken in the same setting. The men may be friends of the photographer. Flaws in the image are due to scratches and cracks in 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.
Date: Display
circa 1910-1914
Identifier
PUA_MS154_029
Subject
Medium
Gelatin silver negatives
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