Description: A large church congregation outside a country church is seen in this photograph, taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely taken in southeastern Ohio or central West Virginia. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed "Ewing Brothers" and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals and rural scenes. In 1982, the Ohio Historical Society received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Albert J. Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio Historical Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_b02_f157
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Churches
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This photograph, taken ca. 1935-1943, shows two hands holding open a book turned to page 152 and 153. The book is the "New Orleans City Guide" by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). There is a picture with the caption "Trinity Church (Episcopal)" on the verso (left-hand) page. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F11_005
Subjects: Louisiana--Church history; Louisiana--New Orleans--Description and travel
 

Description: Taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912, this photograph shows a group of young children after a religious event, the girls wearing white veils and dresses and the boys wearing suits. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely taken in southeastern Ohio or central West Virginia. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed "Ewing Brothers" and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals an View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_b11_f613
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Religion in Ohio; Children
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This photograph was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely taken in southeastern Ohio or central West Virginia. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed “Ewing Brothers” and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals and rural scenes. In 1982, the Ohio Historical Society received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Albert J. Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio Historical Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_b11_f653
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Churches
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912, this photograph shows a church and its congregation. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely taken in southeastern Ohio or central West Virginia. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed "Ewing Brothers" and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals and rural scenes. In 1982, the Ohio Historical Society received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Albert J. Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio Historical Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_b11_f654
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Church buildings
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912, this photograph shows a congregation standing outside their church. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely taken in southeastern Ohio or central West Virginia. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed "Ewing Brothers" and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals and rural scenes. In 1982, the Ohio Historical Society received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Albert J. Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio Historical Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_b12_f663
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Photography; Churches; Horse-drawn vehicles
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912, this photograph shows a large church congregation posing outside their church. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely taken in southeastern Ohio or central West Virginia. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed "Ewing Brothers" and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals and rural scenes. In 1982, the Ohio Historical Society received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Albert J. Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio Historical Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_b12_f666
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Churches; Rural life
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Portrait drawing of Benjamin Tucker Tanner (1835-1923), known as a pastor, author, bishop and educator. Tanner (1835-1923) had a long career in the African Methodist Episcopal Church as a minister, school principal, bishop, and editor of the Christian Recorder and A.M.E. Church Review. In 1867, he published "An Apology for African Methodism," which traces the history of the denomination and defends both its split from the Methodist Church and its theology. In 1901, he became dean of Payne Theological Seminary at Wilberforce University. Wilberforce was established in 1856 in Greene County under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was named for William Wilberforce (1759-1833), an English abolitionist. The African Methodist Episcopal Church purchased the university in 1863, making it the first to be owned and run by African Americans. Payne Theological Seminary was named for Daniel A. Payne, who in 1863 became first African American president of Wilberforce University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1277_781234_125
Subjects: African American Ohioans; Religion in Ohio; Universities and colleges; Education; Wilberforce University; African Methodist Episcopal Church;
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: This engraving depicts a circuit rider on horseback as he crosses a small creek. A circuit rider was a clergyman who travels from church to church, especially in a rural district. The Methodist ministerial role was originated in England by John Wesley. The first of the American circuit riders was Robert Strawbridge, who arrived in the colonies in 1764. A few years later Wesley sent missionaries to the American colonies, but most of them departed when revolution threatened. The name of the rider depicted in this drawing is unknown. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC1098_01
Subjects: Religion in Ohio; Religious services; Clergy; Horses;
 

Description: View of Holy Cross Monastery, Mount Adams / Mount Ida neighborhood Cincinnati. Verso reads: "Monastery on Ida Street; Cinn Ohio; Cincinnati; Mount Adams." Sign in picture reads: "Perpetual novena in honor of St. Gabriel passionist Holy Cross Church every Monday 3 PM - 7 PM" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F16_022_1
Subjects: Monasteries--United States; Religion in Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912, this photograph shows church congregation members standing outside their church, probably after the service was finished, with buggies all around. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely taken in southeastern Ohio or central West Virginia. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed "Ewing Brothers" and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals and rural scenes. In 1982, the Ohio Historical Society received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Albert J. Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio Historical Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_b12_f686
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Photography; Rural life; Church buildings; Horse-drawn vehicles
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This book, titled Vom Zustand nach dem Tode: Biblische Untersuchungen (The State After Death: Biblical Analysis), has a leather cover and slipcase. The book is dated 1885. A picture of the author, Heinrich Wilhelm Rinck, is opposite the title page. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8435_closed
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Religion in Ohio; Rinck, Heinrich Wilhelm, 1822-1881
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)