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: A group photograph of men and boys. They all have digging implements, giving the impression they may be miners. 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_b05_f299
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Laborers; Coal mines and mining--Appalachian Region--History
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: A log cabin nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in either Ross or Hocking County, Ohio. Pictured in the photograph is a child standing in the doorway of the cabin. Also pictured in the photograph are some buckets, a shovel, and a wire fence behind the cabin. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F04_015_1
Subjects: Appalachian Region--History; Log structures; Rural life
Places: Ross County (Ohio); Hocking County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photographic portrait of a woman wearing a locked belt. 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: AL02983
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States—History; Women; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Appalachian Region--History
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This is a portrait of a woman wearing a locked belt. 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: AL02984
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States—History; Women; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Appalachian Region--History
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Photograph of a dilapidated farmhouse located in southeastern Ohio with a family sitting outside. The house is probably either a saddlebag or dogtrot-style log cabin, common in the Appalachian region during the 19th and early 20th centuries. There are two front porches pictured, with three people sitting on the left and five grouped around the right. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F06_003_1
Subjects: Dwellings; Farmhouses; Porches; Appalachian Region--History; Log structures; Families
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Coal Mine in Scioto County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00407
Subjects: Scioto County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Coal mines and mining--Appalachian Region--History
Places: Scioto County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1939, this photograph shows a dilapidated farmhouse located in southeastern Ohio, with a family sitting outside on the porch. The roof appears to be made of tin and the house is made of wood planks of poor quality. 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_B06F04_020_1
Subjects: Agriculture; Rural life; Farmhouses; Appalachian Region--History; Photography--Ohio
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This photograph depicts two adolescent or pre-teen boys with a Jeffery Manufacturing model 28A mining machine, ca. 1890-1910. The mining machine was used to undercut seams of coal, to allow for expansion after the coal seam was broken apart with explosives; at the time of its invention, this was the most time-intensive part of mining coal. Jeffery Manufacturing was located in downtown Columbus, near the intersection of Fourth St. and First Ave.; today, that site is occupied by the Ohioana Library and the State Library of Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05155
Subjects: Coal miners; Coal mines and mining--Appalachian Region--History; Jeffrey Manufacturing Company (Columbus, Ohio); Teenagers; Coal mines and mining--Electric equipment
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts two adolescent or pre-teen boys with a Jeffery Manufacturing model 28A mining machine, ca. 1890-1910. The mining machine was used to undercut seams of coal, to allow for expansion after the coal seam was broken apart with explosives; at the time of its invention, this was the most time-intensive part of mining coal. Jeffery Manufacturing was located in downtown Columbus, near the intersection of Fourth St. and First Ave. Today, that site is occupied by the Ohioana Library and the State Library of Ohio, as well as a luxury housing space known as "the Jeffrey." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05156
Subjects: Coal miners; Coal mines and mining--Appalachian Region--History; Jeffrey Manufacturing Company (Columbus, Ohio); Teenagers; Coal mines and mining--Electric equipment
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts two adolescent or pre-teen boys with a Jeffery Manufacturing model 28A mining machine, ca. 1890-1910. The mining machine was used to undercut seams of coal, to allow for expansion after the coal seam was broken apart with explosives; at the time of its invention, this was the most time-intensive part of mining coal. Jeffery Manufacturing was located in downtown Columbus, near the intersection of Fourth St. and First Ave. Today, that site is occupied by the Ohioana Library and the State Library of Ohio, as well as a luxury housing space known as "the Jeffrey." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05157
Subjects: Coal miners; Coal mines and mining--Appalachian Region--History; Jeffrey Manufacturing Company (Columbus, Ohio); Teenagers; Coal mines and mining--Electric equipment
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: S-Bridge West of Cambridge, Ohio, on the Old National Road. The purpose of the National Road was to allow travelers to traverse the Appalachian Mountains. The building of the bridge was approved by the U.S. Congress in 1806. Private companies would be approved and hired for the job in 1811, but due to the war of 1812 construction was delayed for some time. Construction of the road was started in 1815 in Maryland, and by 1817 the road would extend into what is today West Virginia, but was at the time part of Virginia. The road would later be extended into the state of Missouri. During the 1820s and 1830s, the road was built throughout Ohio and maintenance of the road was left to the states, which Ohio would pay for by collecting tolls. Today the path of the National Road is taken up by U.S. Route 40. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06687
Subjects: National Road; Bridges--Ohio; Appalachian Region--History; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development
Places: Cambridge (Ohio); Guernsey County (Ohio)