Description: Five young students and their teacher writing on the blackboard in a one room schoolhouse in rural Ohio, ca. 1906-1908. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01131
Subjects: Education; School buildings; Students; Children; Teachers; Women--Employment
 

Description: This photograph depicts an eight-man work crew, including two young boys, posing with their two horses. The men are likely miners, judging by their tools which include pickaxes and shovels. 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: AL06365
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Children--Employment; Portrait photography--United States--History; Horses; Coal mines and mining--Appalachian Region--History; Laborers
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Four young students working math problems at the black board while their teacher observes in a one room schoolhouse in southeastern Ohio, ca. 1900-1910. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01129
Subjects: Education; School buildings; Students; Children; Teachers; Women--Employment
 

Description: This photograph is a school group portrait, taken in front of a frame building that was likely a one-room schoolhouse. A sign in front reads: "Our School Dec 4, 06." An etching in the emulsion of the negative reads: "Photo by Ewing." 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: AL06700
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Women--Employment; Education--Ohio; School children United States; School photography
Places: Ohio; West Virginia