Description: Four young boys planting a tree in an unknown location, ca. 1909. The photograph is from the Albert Belmont Graham Collection. Based on his experiences as a school superintendent in rural Ohio, Graham advocated for the consolidation of rural schools and promoted agricultural education. He is best known as the founder of the Boys and Girls Agricultural Clubs which became the 4-H organization. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05422
Subjects: Trees; Cultural Ohio--Education; Children; Agricultural education
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Group photograph of members of a boys' and girls' garden club in Prince Georges County, Maryland, ca. 1920-1921. The photograph shows children holding spades, shovels and other gardening implements, and is from the Albert Belmont Graham Collection. Based on his experiences as a school superintendent in rural Ohio, Graham advocated for the consolidation of rural schools and promoted agricultural education. He is best known as the founder of the Boys and Girls Agricultural Clubs which became the 4-H organization. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05421
Subjects: Agricultural education; Cultural Ohio--Education; Societies and clubs; Garden tools; Gardening
Places: Prince Georges County (Maryland); Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph taken by Albert B. Graham ca. 1910. Caption on back reads "An agricultural extension school being held in an Ohio county court room but can't locate. These schools were held for 5 days in most counties from 1909 to 1915." Based on his experiences as a school superintendent in rural Ohio, Graham advocated for the consolidation of rural schools and promoted agricultural education. He is best known as the founder of the Boys and Girls Agricultural Clubs which became the organization known as 4-H. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS194AV_B08F02_852_001
Subjects: Agricultural education; Cultural Ohio--Education; Societies and clubs;
Places: Ohio
 

Description: View of the grounds of The Ohio State University between Dr. Townshend's and the Olentangy River, Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1880-1888. Cows are seen grazing. Founded in 1870 as a land-grant university under the name the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, Ohio State still has a strong tradition of agricultural research. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07744
Subjects: Cows; Cultural Ohio--Education; Ohio State University--History; Agricultural education
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Students who were members of the first class in agriculture at Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio, ca. 1908. In 1871, Henry Solomon Lehr established Ohio Northern University in Ada as the Northwestern Ohio Normal School. Originally, the school was to just train teachers, but it soon began offering other majors designed to meet the needs of its students. To reflect this expanded curriculum, the school was renamed the Ohio Normal University in 1885. From its beginnings, the institution was coeducational. In 1903, Ohio Normal University became Ohio Northern University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01109
Subjects: Agricultural education; Cultural Ohio--Education; Ohio Northern University
Places: Ada (Ohio); Hardin County (Ohio)
 

Description: These children are preparing a garden path at Rosedale School, Cleveland, Ohio, ca. 1906-1912. This public elementary school was located at East 115th Street & Moulton Avenue. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02618
Subjects: Agricultural education; Cultural Ohio--Education; Schools--Ohio; Children
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Ohio State University Agricultural Experiment Station in Wooster, Ohio. This property would later become Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute. The aims of this organization are to find ways to produce better crops to provide for the needs of an ever-growing world population. They also want to keep Ohio competitive in the field of agriculture through their work, finding ways to create more efficient crops that are also better for consumers. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06543
Subjects: Agricultural experimentation--Ohio; Wayne County (Ohio); Cultural Ohio--Education
Places: Wooster (Ohio); Wayne County (Ohio)
 

Description: A demonstration in treating seed grain for smut, ca. 190-1919. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00631
Subjects: Agricultural experimentation--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Education; Crops
 

Description: Photograph showing the Better Farming Special Train, a traveling agricultural demonstration, on behalf of the Agricultural Extension Service, College of Agriculture, Ohio State University, 1909. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00633
Subjects: Agricultural experimentation--Ohio; Agriculture--Research; Cultural Ohio--Education
 

Description: Corn germination tests being performed in Townshend Hall in the Ohio State University School of Agriculture, Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1900-1909. Harvested ears of corn are seen on the adjoining table, and a yearly chart of July rainfall is in the background. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00635
Subjects: Agricultural experimentation--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Education; Crops
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Author-conservationist Louis Bromfield giving a lecture about soil at Malabar Farm, Richland County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. Bromfield (1896-1956) received the Pulitzer Prize for his book Early Autumn in 1927 and wrote 30 best-selling books during his 32-year literary career. In 1939, he created his dream, Malabar Farm, where he could demonstrate sound soil and water conservation practices and teach others about sustainable agriculture. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00642
Subjects: Agricultural conservation; Cultural Ohio--Education; Malabar Farm
Places: Lucas (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Author-conservationist Louis Bromfield giving his weekly Sunday afternoon informational tour of Malabar Farm in the front yard of the "Big House," Richland County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. Bromfield (1896-1956) received the Pulitzer Prize for his book "Early Autumn" in 1927 and wrote 30 best-selling books during his 32-year literary career. In 1939, he created his dream, Malabar Farm, where he could demonstrate sound soil and water conservation practices and teach others about sustainable agriculture. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00662
Subjects: Agricultural conservation; Cultural Ohio--Education; Malabar Farm
Places: Lucas (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)