Description: This photograph showing a group of people outside the Kanawha Hotel was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. The Kanawha Hotel is now an historic landmark, located in Elizabeth, West Virginia. Its construction dates to about 1800, and it was in operation from 1812 through 1928 before being sold as a private residence. Like most of Ewing's work, the photograph was 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_b02_f170
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Hotels
Places: Elizabeth (West Virginia)
 

Description: This portrait of a man in a three-piece checkered suit was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. Written on the negative is the name Jacob Harnish and the location of Elizabeth, West Virginia. 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_B21_F1734
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Photographers--Ohio; Portrait photography--United States--History
Places: Elizabeth (West Virginia);
 

Description: Photograph of a barn in northern Ohio with a Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company (of Wheeling, West Virginia) Mail Pouch Tobacco advertisement painted on the side, by Elizabeth Burke Shivel, ca. 1999. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04954
Subjects: Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Advertisements; Barns
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This is a photograph of the family of Louis Lang and Mary Francis Kern. Louis Lang was a German immigrant who settled in Lowell, Ohio. He and Mary Francis Kern Lang are buried at the Ava Maria Cemetery in Watertown Township, Washington County, Ohio. Those pictured in the photo are as follows: (front row from left) Louis Leo Lang, Joseph Lang, Mary Frances Kern Lang, Ludwig "Louis" Lang; (second row from left) Mary Philomena Lang, Elizabeth Lang, Philomena Lang, Jacob Lang, John Leo Lang, and Anna Catherine Lang. This photograph was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely 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_B22_F1817
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Photographers--Ohio; Portrait photography--United States--History; Families
Places: Ohio; West Virginia