Barn and Yard in Snow

Identifier

PUA_MS154_003

Title

Barn and Yard in Snow

Description

A wintry scene showing a barn, fences and a lean-to in a snow-covered field, with trees in the distance. The edge of a house (possibly the same house that appears in image PUA_MS154_002) appears in the background, mostly obscured by trees. This property may be associated with the Clapshaw Family who lived in the Hillside neighborhood northwest of Forest Grove, Oregon. The photograph was taken by William Alonso Clapshaw, probably circa 1910-1914. 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.

Creator

Clapshaw, William Alonso, 1880-1976

Date: Year(s)

1910/1914

Date: Display

circa 1910-1914

Subject

Farms--Oregon

Houses

Snow

Place

Forest Grove, Oregon

Medium

Gelatin silver negatives

Source

Pacific University Archives

Copyright

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