Description: This photograph is a bird's-eye view of a teacher and his students in front of their schoolhouse. A small building that is likely the outhouse is seen in the background. An etching in the emulsion of the negative reads: "Our school '07." 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: AL06701
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Children; Cultural Ohio--Education; Schools--Ohio; Education--Ohio; Portrait photography--United States--History
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Girls' Industrial School inmates in the classroom, ca. 1910-1919. The purpose of the school was "the reformation of exposed, helpless, evil disposed, and vicious girls." In 1878, the term "incorrigible" was added. A five-member board of trustees purchased a piece of property known as the Ohio White Sulphur Springs Resort, eighteen miles north of Columbus. The first six girls were admitted to the school in October 1869. The inmates spent their mornings performing domestic chores. They also learned various vocational trades, including basket-making, music, sewing, and stenography. In the afternoons, the girls attended school, where they studied, reading, writing, spelling, arithmetic, geography, literature, and United States history among other topics. The girls remained at the school until they reached seventeen years of age or completed their sentence. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00210
Subjects: Women--Education - Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Delaware (Ohio); Women--Education - Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: This color image is an exterior view of Old Town Hall and Academy, Tallmadge, Ohio, ca. 1960-1969. The two-story white building is located within the Tallmadge Town Square Historic District. The Village of Tallmadge was founded in 1807. The first academy building was erected in 1815. The historic building seen in this image was erected in 1859. It was both a town hall (first floor) and the academy's new home (second floor). Until 1876 the academy served students from northeast Ohio who desired advanced courses not offered by local school systems. Besides functioning as the town's assembly hall and auditorium, the building also housed various city government and law enforcement offices during its history. During its early years Old Town Hall hosted touring and local theatrical troupes that performed on its stage. In 1971 the City of Tallmadge made the second floor available to the Tallmadge Historical Society for a museum. Nine years later the Tallmadge City Council leased the entire building to the Society for ninety-nine years. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06634
Subjects: City & town halls; Tallmadge (Ohio); Schools--Ohio; Education--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Tallmadge (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Caleb Atwater (1778-1867) of Circleville, who was one of the first Ohio historians and forest conservationists. Atwater was also a large proponent of state-funded education and pushed the state government of Ohio to pursue it through the sale of public land versus a property tax. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03930
Subjects: Circleville (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Education; Ohio--Politics and government
Places: Circleville (Ohio); Pickaway County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Delaware County Delaware Co Willis Hi School" This photograph shows Frank B. Willis High School located in Delaware, Ohio, ca. 1935. The Willis School was named after Frank B. Willis, who was born in Delaware County and died in the City of Delaware on March 30, 1928. Willis served the citizens of Delaware and the State of Ohio in the Ohio House of Representatives (1900-1904), the U.S. House of Representatives (1911-1915), as Governor of Ohio (1915-1917), and as Ohio’s senator in the U.S. Senate from 1920 until his death in 1928. Willis School, which housed grades 7-12, opened in 1932 and was named to honor Delaware's native son. The first graduating class was in 1933; the last was in 1962. From 1962 until the present, Willis School housed a middle school for the City of Delaware. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F06_021_001
Subjects: School buildings--Ohio; Education--Ohio; Governors--Ohio
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a display of posters about the Ohio School Lunch Program. It is emphasizing the lunch programs in Ohio, lunch programs in operating and nutrition services by the WPA in Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F09_028_001
Subjects: Posters Pictorial works; School lunches; School children--Food--Ohio; Education; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
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: The Medical College of Ohio was founded by Daniel Drake in 1819 in Cincinnati. In 1920, the college changed its name to the College of Medicine of the University of Cincinnati. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04006
Subjects: Education--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Education;
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Sketch of the Worthington Female Seminary in 1846. The seminary was run by the Ohio Methodist Conference and was located in downtown Worthington, Ohio. In the 1850s, more women chose to go to the new Ohio Wesleyan Female College in Delaware and the seminary was closed. In the 1870s, it became a "Normal School" that trained teachers, as Ohio realized the need to have better trained teachers in the state. This image is from "Historical Collections of Ohio" by Henry Howe, 1952. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04060
Subjects: Women--Education - Ohio; Worthington (Ohio); Education, Higher--Ohio--History; Teachers--Training of
Places: Worthington (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photographic reproduction of a drawing by Henry Howe depicting Ohio University at Athens, Ohio in 1846. Ohio University, founded in 1804, was the first institution of higher education established west of the Allegheny Mountains. This photographic reproduction of Howe's drawing dates ca. 1970-1979. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00219
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Education; Ohio University; Cultural Ohio--Education; Universities and colleges; Education, Higher
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: Exterior view of the Ohio State University library, Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1935-1943. In construction for two years, it was finally completed on December 18, 1912 and was opened to the students on January 6, 1913. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03497
Subjects: Education--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Education; Ohio State University; College buildings; Libraries
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: An image of the Cleveland Female Seminary taken from "Historical Sketches of the Higher Educational Institutions, and also of Benevolent and Reformatory Institutions of the State of Ohio," 1876. A forerunner of modern women's colleges, the seminary was founded for the daughters of Cleveland's wealthy citizens by Reverend Eli N. Sawtell. It opened on May 3, 1854. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04107
Subjects: Women--Education - Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Cleveland (Ohio); Education, Higher--Ohio--History
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)