Baskets on display in the window of an old building, Jacksonville, 1942

Item Overview

Title

Baskets on display in the window of an old building, Jacksonville, 1942

Photographer

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

Date Created

July 2, 1942

Date

1942-07-02

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Close-up view of woven baskets on display in the front window of an old building in Jacksonville. The brick wall of the building lines the right and left edges of image, surrounding the window. A wood-framed window sits recessed in a brick wall. Behind the window pane, a small exhibit of baskets is on display. Three round panning baskets hang at center from the top of the window. Two baskets stand along the bottom ledge of the window; a short, square basket is at left and a taller, rounded basket is at center. A framed information placard sits in front of the taller basket and another placard sits to the right of it. The sign at center reads, "Building in which the women and children of Jacksonville took refuge when the [?????] River[?] Indians made their last raid on the white settlers in 18?6 [...]." The sign at right reads, "DISCOVERY OF GOLD Gold was discovered in Jacksonville by James Cluggage[?] in 1851. Cluggage and his partner, a man by the name of Pool, were carrying supplies by pack train from Yreka [????] in the Willamette Valley at the [...]."

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1615. Yellowstone trip 1942. Thursday, July 2. 1942. 1. Entering Jacksonville, Oregon. 2. Mertie West in Jacksonville street in front of one of the oldest brick buildings across street, a stone above the door says erected in 1855, and where pioneers went for refuge from Indian raids. 3. H.H.West standing in doorway of the old building, being used as a Museum but was not open. 4. A close up of the building. 5. Indian baskets in the window of the old building. 5 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--Jacksonville

Longitude

42.314205

Latitude

-122.968889

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Baskets
Window displays--Oregon--Jacksonville