Description: Photograph of a boys' baseball team composed of children who were residents at the McIntire Children's Home in Zanesville, Ohio, ca. 1890-1899. The McIntire Children's Home was named in honor of John McIntire, one of the first residents of Zanesville. In his will, McIntire (1759-1815) provided for the establishment of a school for poor children. The McIntire Academy operated between 1836 and 1856, when it was taken over by the Zanesville Board of Education. A Muskingum County Children's Home was established in 1865 to provide homes for poor or orphaned children; in 1874 it was renamed the McIntire Children's Home. Ten boys, two of whom are African American, make up the baseball team. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02865
Subjects: Sports; Baseball teams; Children; African American Ohioans; Group homes for children
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: This color photograph shows key participants in the ceremonial unveiling of an Ohio Historical Marker in Elyria, Ohio, on May 23, 1969. The marker honors the Easter Seals Society and its founder, Ohio businessman Edgar H. Allen (1862-1937). In this photograph four people are standing next to the historical marker. They are (left to right): Chauncey B. Smythe, president of the Elyria Memorial Hospital Board; Leon Chaterlain, president of the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults; Michelle Williams, the 1969 Lorain County Easter Seal poster girl; and Richard Elliott, president of the Elyria Rotary Club. A tragic event inspired Edgar Allen’s crusade to help children with disabilities. In 1907 his teenage son Homer died after sustaining injuries in a streetcar accident in Elyria. Eight other people died in the accident, and eighty were injured. The lack of local medical facilities prompted Allen to raise money to build the Elyria Memorial Hospital, which opened in 1908. His work with the hospital sparked his desire to help children with special needs. He led the successful effort to open a hospital in Elyria devoted solely to the care of children. The Gates Hospital for Crippled Children opened in 1915, the first of its kind in the nation. In 1919 he established the Ohio Society for Crippled Children. Three years later, Allen and leading Ohio Rotarians launched the National Society for Crippled Children, precursor to the Easter Seals Society and its affiliates. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06953
Subjects: Elyria (Ohio); Lorain County (Ohio); Historical Marker; National Easter Seal Society (U.S.); Ohio Society for Crippled Children
Places: Elyria (Ohio); Lorain County (Ohio)
 

Description: This color photograph shows key participants in the ceremonial unveiling of an Ohio Historical Marker in Elyria, Ohio, on May 23, 1969. The marker honors the Easter Seals Society and its founder, Ohio businessman Edgar H. Allen (1862-1937). In this photograph five people are standing next to the historical marker. Leon Chaterlain, president of the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults, is pulling the drape away from the marker. To his immediate right is Chauncey B. Smythe, president of the Elyria Memorial Hospital Board. The other individuals, including a dark-haired little girl wearing hat, are unidentified. A tragic event inspired Edgar Allen’s crusade to help children with disabilities. In 1907 his teenage son Homer died after sustaining injuries in a streetcar accident in Elyria. Eight other people died in the accident, and eighty were injured. The lack of local medical facilities prompted Allen to raise money to build the Elyria Memorial Hospital, which opened in 1908. His work with the hospital sparked his desire to help children with special needs. He led the successful effort to open a hospital in Elyria devoted solely to the care of children. The Gates Hospital for Crippled Children opened in 1915, the first of its kind in the nation. In 1919 he established the Ohio Society for Crippled Children. Three years later, Allen and leading Ohio Rotarians launched the National Society for Crippled Children, precursor to the Easter Seals Society and its affiliates. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06954
Subjects: Elyria (Ohio); Lorain County (Ohio); Historical Marker; National Easter Seal Society (U.S.); Ohio Society for Crippled Children
Places: Elyria (Ohio); Lorain County (Ohio)
 

Description: Handwritten on reverse: "McCullough - Jefferson County Children's Home. Yellow - Creek. Miller and Son, 436 Market Street, Steubenville, Ohio." In stone above the entrance: "McCullough - Jefferson County Children's Home 1912." The home officially opened in 1914 and was located in the northeast portion of Jefferson County, on the Ohio River, a short distance below the mouth of Yellow Creek. Prior to the establishment of this home, the county sent its children to the Smithfield Children's Bethel and to other nearby county homes. The building was a large, commodious building, well equipped and provided ample room for the care of 100 children. The building was demolished in 1958. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F06_051_001
Subjects: Children's homes
Places: Yellow Creek (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "State Picture Book: Ident.- 18; Dummy page 16- lower; Credit- ; Caption: Children's room- The Old Library, Toledo. This photo must be returned to Ohio Writers' Project, S.E. Chestnut St., Columbus, O." This is a photograph of five children talking to a librarian at the children's room in the Old Library in Toledo, Ohio. There are several books on the table and a drawer pulled from the card catalog. The Old Library was built in the 1930s as part of the Works Progress Administration. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F11_032_001
Subjects: Public libraries--Ohio; Children; Children's libraries; Libraries; Library architecture--United States; Toledo (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Entrance to the Childrens Hospital, Eland Ave., City." Entrance to 1926 building, located on present site of Children's Hospital, Elland and Bethesda Aves., Cincinnati. In Cincinnati, the area between Martin Luther King Drive East and Erkenbrecher Avenue between Burnett Avenue and Eden Ave has had hospitals since the late 1800’s, and is sometimes called Pill Hill by the locals. Many of the original buildings have been torn down to make way for newer, more modern facilities. The area between Goodman Street and Elland Avenue was the General (City) Hospital and was constructed between 1909 and 1915 and had 25 buildings on 65 acres of land. It was built to replace the overcrowded Commercial Hospital that was downtown. University Hospital, the teaching hospital of the University of Cincinnati now occupies this land. Children Hospital was, and still is located from Elland Drive to Erkenbrecher Avenue, but has since been renamed to the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. The hospital was founded in 1883 and was called The Hospital of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and once was located at Eleanor Place and Mason Street, the present site of the Christ Church Hospital. A five story building, built in 1928 on the corner of Elland Avenue and Bethesda Avenue (now called Albert Sabin Way) which was the first built on its’ present site, was demolished in 2003. Inscription reads: "I will bind the broken / I will strengthen the sick" View on Ohio Memory.
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Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Hospitals--Ohio--Cincinnati; Cincinnati. Children's Hospital
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of two young children seated on a chair. A woman can be seen in the doorway behind them holding a dark cloth for a 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: AL06243
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Children; Other--Family History; Children's clothing
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Portrait of three young children sitting in front of lace curtains. 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: AL06318
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Children; Other--Family History; Children's clothing
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Negro children and White Children at West End Center Cincinnati Ohio 1936" This is a photo of black and white children in a class together learning how to read. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F03_08_001
Subjects: Children; Literacy; Reading
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: A double image on a single plate glass negative showing a mother with her children. In both cases the mother is seated while the children are arranged around her. 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_b04_f271
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Children
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: A group photograph of a number of children and some young adults. It does not appear to be a family as many of the same children are the same age, so it could be a school group or some other children's group. 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_b06_f372
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Children
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: The caption reads: "'CROWNING OF THE QUEEN,' Norwood May Festival, May 2, 1936. A W.P.A. Recreational Program for school children. Photo by W.P.A Staff Photographer." This is a photo of children performing in the Norwood May Day Festival, a WPA Recreational program for school children, in Norwood, Ohio. The children are in costume and it appears they are performing a ceremony where a festival queen is crowned. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F04_016_001
Subjects: May Day--United States--History; Children; Norwood (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Festivals and holidays; Rites and ceremonies--Ohio; May poles--1930-1940; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Norwood (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)