Description: Photograph showing three men posed with two bicycles against a painted backdrop. 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_B16_F1001
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Bicycles
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Photograph showing riders of different ages on decorated bicycles, as onlookers watch from the sidewalk. The rider closest to the camera has a red, white and blue cake prop mounted on his bicycle that reads "Happy Birthday America." It was taken in East Palestine, Ohio, likely on the Fourth of July 1976. The image was submitted by photographer Dena Bozick of East Palestine in the Amateur 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_B02F42_01_01
Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976); Parades; Bicycles and bicycling; Fourth of July celebrations; Patriotic symbols;
Places: East Palestine (Ohio); Columbiana County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912, this studio photograph shows a seated man flanked by two standing young men, each with a bicycle. The seated man wears slacks and a suit jacket, while the two standing men wear slacks with suspenders, sweaters, and straw boat hats. The hanging backdrop behind them depicts an arched colonnade decorated with elaborate geometric and floral patterns. 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 (now the Ohio History Connection) 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_B16_F1001
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Men; Bicycles
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: An elderly man stands on the sidewalk while a man unloads ice cream from his truck, along North High Street in the Clintonville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. Two boys are standing on the corner of Como Street and North High alongside their bicycles. A Gulf filling station is visible in the distance. The High Street Photograph Collection is comprised of over 400 photographs of High Street in Columbus, Ohio, taken in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken primarily at street level and document people and the built environment from the Pontifical College Josephinum on North High Street in Worthington through Clintonville, the University District and Short North, Downtown and South Columbus. The photographs were used in a television photo documentary that aired on WOSU called "High Street." Photographers that were involved in this project were Alfred Clarke, Carol Hibbs Kight, Darrell Muething, Clayton K. Lowe, and Julius Foris, Jr. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV254_B13F346_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Street photography; Clintonville (Ohio); Delivery drivers; Service stations; Bicycles
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This printed New Year's greeting from the Fostoria Bicycle Club of Fostoria, Ohio, features a gilt print poem with an image of a young man and woman on bicycles, and "1892, Fostoria Bicycling Club, A Happy New Year" on the horizon. It is printed on a pale green celluloid card. The illustration is credited to P.W. Shephard of Fostoria, and the poem was written by George MacDonald. The Fostoria Bicycle Club was a men's cycling group organized in the early 1880s, which regularly held regional races and took long cycling trips throughout Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: VFM4801
Subjects: New Year's; Holidays; Celebrations; Bicycles and bicycling;
Places: Fostoria (Ohio); Hancock County (Ohio); Seneca County (Ohio); Wood County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of four young girls riding bicycles on an unidentified residential street in Columbus, Ohio. They are identified as Cannonball Handelman (front), Sandy Howley (back left), Rachel Wray (back center) and Julia Handelman (back right). The Columbus Free Press began as a bi-weekly publication in Columbus, Ohio, in 1970. An underground newspaper, it replaced the Ohio State University publication The People, Yes. The earliest known issue of the newspaper appeared on January 4, 1971. The newspaper underwent a series of name changes over the decades, with titles including the Columbus Free Press & Cowtown Times (1972-1976), the Columbus Freepress (1976-1992) and The Free Press (1992-1995). The paper, which covered many liberal and progressive causes, was an alternative to mainstream news sources in central Ohio with the slogan “The Other Side of the News.” In 1995, the paper ceased publication briefly before reemerging as a website in early 1996, and returning as a print publication under the Free Press title in the form of a quarterly journal in 1998. Published under various frequencies during the first part of the 21st century, the Free Press again became a nonprofit monthly publication in 2017 with both a print and web presence, published by the Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism and operated by a volunteer staff and board. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1301AV_B02F07_03
Subjects: Children--Ohio; Bicycles and bicycling; Sports and leisure;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A little boy holding on to a tricycle. Glass plate negatives of various Trumbull County and northeastern Ohio scenes, places, people and events taken by John E. Pickering and Edward D. Pickering from the 1880s to the 1910s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08489
Subjects: Cultural Ohio; Photography--Ohio; Bicycles & tricycles
 

Description: A young boy poses for a photograph on an old-fashioned tricycle. He wears a flat cap and turtleneck with a suit jacket and short pants. Handwriting on the negative appears to include the last name Harrison and the location of "Gville," likely Grantsville, West Virginia. This photograph was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. Like most of Ewing's work, it was taken in the region of southeastern Ohio and 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 (now the Ohio History Connection) received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio History Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_B27_F2520
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Photographers--Ohio; Portrait photography--United States--History; Children; Bicycles & tricycles
Places: Grantsville (West Virginia)
 

Description: Unicyclist on aerial spiral on East Walker St, Upper Sandusky, Ohio, during a carnival in 1907. 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: AL07820
Subjects: Fairs--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Bicycles and bicycling; Performers
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Isaac ("Ike") H. Sawhill from "Historical and Biographical Souvenir of the Ohio School for the Deaf," published in Columbus, Ohio, in 1898. In addition to a history of the school's operation, the book includes "portraits and biographical sketches of representative alumni" such as Sawhill. His biographical sketch states that Sawhill was born in Pennsylvania, and first moved to Columbus to attend the Ohio School for the Deaf in 1872. He graduated as valedictorian, and was also an active athlete, playing catcher for the school's baseball club the Independents. Sawhill went on to work in hog farming and later dry goods after a brief professional baseball career. At the time this volume was written, Sawhill lived in Seville, Ohio, and was "known as one of the best amateur cyclists of Northern Ohio, having held the county championship for the past two years." His wife, Sadie, is also noted as a skilled cyclist. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: 362_4H629_Sawhill_I
Subjects: Deafness; Ohio School for the Deaf; Baseball--History; Baseball players; Athletes; Sports--Ohio--History; Bicycles and bicycling;
Places: Seville (Ohio); Medina County (Ohio)
 

Description: A young woman in a leg cast and crutches and a young man astride a bicycle holding a camera are photographed near a car lot along North High Street in the Worthington suburb of Columbus, Ohio. The High Street Photograph Collection is comprised of over 400 photographs of High Street in Columbus, Ohio, taken in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken primarily at street level and document people and the built environment from the Pontifical College Josephinum on North High Street in Worthington through Clintonville, the University District and Short North, Downtown and South Columbus. The photographs were used in a television photo documentary that aired on WOSU called "High Street." Photographers that were involved in this project were Alfred Clarke, Carol Hibbs Kight, Darrell Muething, Clayton K. Lowe, and Julius Foris, Jr. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV254_B15F410_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Street photography; Teenagers; Automobile dealers; Cameras; Bicycles and bicycling;
Places: Worthington (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of a man wearing a straw hat standing next to his bicycle with railroad tracks in the background. A marking on the negative reads: "Adam Beach Lowell WVA." 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: AL06590
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States—History; Bicycles; Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists; Photography--History
Places: Lowell (West Virginia)