Description: This is a modern contact print made from a glass plate negative depicting Sallie Stem and Esther Clarkson Russell Cooke playing croquet on Gibraltar Island, Ottawa County, Ohio, in the summer of 1886. Sallie was the niece of Gibraltar caretaker Anna McMeens. Esther was the wife of Reverend Henry Cooke and daughter-in-law of prominent businessman Jay Cooke. For many years Gibraltar was the summer home of the Jay Cooke family. Today, the island is owned by The Ohio State University, who maintains the Stone Laboratory, a freshwater research and teaching facility. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05439
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Games; Lawns; Sports for women
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: Modern contact print made from a glass plate negative depicting Jay Cooke III and Edward Lewis rolling the lawn in preparation to play tennis, on Gibraltar Island, Ottawa County, Ohio, ca. 1889. Reverend Henry Cooke looks on from under the tree. Henry Cooke was the son of prominent businessman Jay Cooke. For many years, Gibraltar was the summer home of the Jay Cooke family. Today, the island is owned by The Ohio State University, who maintains the Stone Laboratory, a freshwater research and teaching facility. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05440
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Other--Family History; Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Games; Lawns
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: A young man and three young women sitting on the grassy ground, with the date "July 1908" written on the bottom of their shoes. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's department store, and later as a travelling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). He was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07764
Subjects: Photographers--Ohio; Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Lawns;
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated to ca. 1930-1939, this photograph shows a central lawn surrounded on three sides by apartment buildings. The lawn is filled with several groups of people, both adults and children. The surrounding buildings are four stories tall with flat roofs and brick exteriors. Benches line the sidewalks which surround the open green space. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F06_006_1
Subjects: Housing; Children; Housing; Apartment Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works; Lawns; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: A groundskeeper wearing a suit and hat, operating an electric lawn mower on the campus of the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, April 1909. The photograph may have been taken on the Oval, the large commons on campus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05423
Subjects: Lawn mowers; Cultural Ohio--Education; Ohio State University--Pictorial works; Lawns
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A groundskeeper wearing a suit and hat, operating an electric lawn mower on the campus of the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, April 1909. The photograph may have been taken on the Oval, the large commons on campus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05424
Subjects: Lawn mowers; Cultural Ohio--Education; Ohio State University--Pictorial works; Lawns
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a woman relaxing at an umbrella table in the yard behind a Lustron house in the late 1940s. Lustron homes were prefabricated, single-family homes constructed of porcelain steel. They were manufactured in Columbus, Ohio, to alleviate a post-World War II housing shortage. Unable to compete with traditional builders, Lustron went out of business in 1950. A total of 2,498 Lustron houses were built in 36 states. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3331_4692182_001
Subjects: Architecture; Prefabricated houses; Daily Life; Lawns; Lustron Corporation
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of an older man sitting in the shade on a metal lawn chair in Kings Mills, Ohio. His cane leans against his leg and he holds a King Edward cigar in one hand. The image was submitted by photographer Donna Coper of Columbus, Ohio, in the Professional category of the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest. In August 1976, the Ohio American Revolution Bicentennial Advisory Committee (OARBAC) began the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest as part of a larger effort in Ohio to celebrate the 1976 American Bicentennial. The contest was meant to document "the spirit and character of the people and places which represent Ohio during [the] bicentennial year," and to create a permanent photographic archive of the year's festivity for use by future researchers. Both professional and amateur photographers submitted over 500 photographs for consideration, all taken within the state between January 1 and December 31, 1976. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA2734AV_B03F02_03_1
Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976); Lawns;
Places: Kings Mills (Ohio); Deerfield Township (Ohio); Warren County (Ohio);
 

Description: Photograph of four adults playing croquet on a lawn. A frame house is seen in the background, and a dog is seated in the yard. 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: AL06676
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Games; Cultural Ohio--Ohio Sports; Lawns; Dogs
Places: Ohio; West Virginia