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_B29_F2788
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Families; Children
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This barrel and sack conveyor was made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio. It was used by the Richards and Evans Company of Cortland, Ohio, 1910. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01287
Subjects: Conveying machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Cortland (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts a large group of kids standing by a sprinkler. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B04F61_011
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry
 

Description: A community gathers outside in front of the church for a group portrait. 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_b04_f278
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Families; Children; Churches
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: National colors of the 49th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry. Text on flag reads: Shiloh. Cori[nth]. Stone River. Liberty G[ap.] Chickamauga. Mission Rid[ge.] 49th Regt. Ohio. Vet. Vol[s] Resacca. Picketts [Mills]. Kennesaw Mount[ain.] [Atlanta.] The battle names read left to right on the white stripes. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01977
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio
 

Description: This is an image of a round molding plane. It is brown and made of chestnut and iron. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H47934
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; tools and equipment
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carte de visite portrait of an actor in costume with hood and makeup, ca. 1860-1868. The actor is unknown. The Fisher Brothers Photographic Artists, Emery P. Fisher and Edward P. Fisher, of 193 Washington St. in Boston, Massachusetts, are responsible for taking this portrait. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03507
Subjects: Actors; Art and Artists; Costumes
Places: Boston (Massachusetts)
 

Description: Back view of suit, ca. 1825-1830. This man's double-breasted tailcoat-patterned blue wool suit with bone buttons was made and presented by Rachel Donelson (Mrs. Andrew) Jackson to Moses Dawson, a well-known Cincinnati editor of that period. The woolen threads woven in the cloth were spun by Mrs. Jackson at "The Hermitage" from the fleece of her own sheep on a hand spinning wheel. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04902
Subjects: Suits (Clothing); Clothing and dress; Presidents' spouses--United States; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: National colors of the 72nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02027
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: This image shows a portrait of Benjamin Russel Hanby (1833-1867), a famous composer from Westerville, Ohio, who attended Otterbein College and became a minister in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. A music composer, he wrote "Darling Nellie Gray," (1856) which depicted some of the evils of slavery. He also wrote "Up on the Housetop" and "Who is He in Yonder Stall?" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04124
Subjects: Composers; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Music; Arts and entertainment
Places: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of milk tester Elizabeth Nichols, taken by Joe Munroe, 1948. Local governments employed testers to check farmers' milk for quality and cleanliness. Testers had to travel year-round, including during the harsh New York winters, when conditions made work difficult and often required overnight stays. Joe Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B27_F616_JPG055c
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Milk--Testing; Local government; Farm life; Dairy industry
Places: New York
 

Description: Portrait of Charles Jr., also called "Tonton," the son of Charles Young. Charles Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking African American officer in the Army. He is known for having been forced into retirement due to health concerns before the start of World War I and later riding from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS2_B04F05_H
Subjects: African American men; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.