Davidson house, Monmouth (vicinity), 1942

Item Overview

Title

Davidson house, Monmouth (vicinity), 1942

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

June 30, 1942

Date

1942-06-30

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of the old Davidson house near Monmouth, Oregon. The house stands at center in the near distance. It is viewed at an angle from the front and the side with the front facing towards the left. Two doors and 4 windows stand in a row across the first floor on the front of the house. On the side, a singular window sits at center on the first floor and 2 windows above it sit beneath the eave. A chimney stands atop the far end of the roof. Either an outbuilding or a wing of the house extends from behind the far side of the house and is visible at right. The house appears to be in a dilapidated state; siding is peeling away from the front of the house and a window on the near side is missing its pane. A field of grass surrounds the house in the foreground and extends behind it at right. Groves of trees stand in the far distance.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1605. Yellowstone trip 1942. Tuesday, June 30, 1942. 1. Willamette River, from bridge at Salem, Oregon. 2. Entering Monmouth, Oregon. 3. L to R: Otis Hutchinson, brother of Robert Cascade Hutchinson born on Zigzag or Sandy creek in 1853 on Butler train. H.H.West. 4. The old Davidson house near Monmouth. Up in the grove of trees that can be seen at extreme right side of picture, at top of the hill, is the old Davidson Burying Ground, where the Butlers and other members of the Butler train of 1853 are interred. Hutchinson writes cemetery not disturbed by the [army in 194?-3] 4 films. [Note: In all instances of the year date, 1942, the last digit (2) is handwritten over a typed 3.]

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

Oregon--Monmouth

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Dwellings--Oregon--Monmouth