Description: Reverse reads: "Ohio Picture Book Page: 17 Picture: 18 (upper) Credit: Shahn: Farm Security Administration Caption: Ohio Gothic This photo must be returned to Ohio Writers' Project 8 E. Chestnut St.,Columbus, O." This appears to be a photo of a farm family. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F07_006_001
Subjects: Farm families
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Photograph of the spring house at the Johnston Farm. Typed caption on the reverse of the photograph reads "Scene at spring house, Johnston homestead, Piqua, Ohio, (commencing at the right) Mrs. Will Johnston, Piqua, Ohio, Mrs. Stephen Johnston, Piqua, Ohio, Mrs. Hebe Craig, New York City, Mrs. Joh. H. Crane, Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. Geo. W. Jones, Cincinnati, Ohio, Mrs. John Johnston Kirk, Piqua, Ohio, Mrs. Margaret Kirk Ayers, Piqua, Ohio, Mrs. Frank Carter Davies, Piqua, Ohio, Master Samuel Johnston Davies, Piqua, Ohio, Miss Rachel Vance, Piqua, Phio, Joe Miller (servant) Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. S.J. Patterson, Dayton, Ohio, and Mrs. Frank Conover, Dayton, Ohio (in window.)" Johnston Farm, maintained as a state memorial, is the homestead of John Johnston. Johnston is best known for holding the office of Indian Agent for over 30 years, appointed by President James Madison in the early years of the state to oversee the American Indian reservations in northwest Ohio. Johnston was an important political and social figure in Ohio who also served as a state canal commissioner, helped to found Kenyon College and served on the board of trustees of Miami University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV29_B01F08_001
Subjects: Johnston, John, 1775-1861; Historic sites Ohio; Families--Ohio; Farm life
Places: Piqua (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio);
 

Description: The postwar era did not have the same effect on farming that it did on the urban landscape. Poorer families looked to the city for prosperity, like this recently-widowed man who worked in town so he could one day save enough to move his children there. Photographed by Joe Munroe, 1946. Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B12_F05_004
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farm life; Family farms; Families
Places: Mansfield (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Farmers often have gardens in addition to their crop fields, as seen in this 1950 Joe Munroe photograph of a husband and wife tending their vegetables. Joe Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B04_F14_JPG050
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farm life; Agriculture; Vegetable gardening; Families
Places: New York
 

Description: With little outside entertainment, rural families had to entertain themselves. In this 1952 photograph, Joe Munroe shows two young girls singing along as their grandmother plays the melodeon, a kind of reed-organ from the 19th century. Joe Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B27a_F752_JPG117
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farm life; Music; Families; Musical instruments
Places: New York
 

Description: This is a photograph of a man and four children atop a hay wagon being pulled by two horses. Two derrick towers can be seen in the background. 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: AL06698
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Agriculture; Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists; Portrait photography--United States--History; Farm life--Ohio; Families--Ohio
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: The photograph shows four boys standing in the doorway of a barn. The oldest, wearing a three piece suit and hat, holds a pail. Straw or hay covers the floor of the barn and is piled to the right. The barn is identified as belonging to "True Case," likely Truman W. Case (1870-1943) of Eden, Ohio. According to the 1910 U.S. Census, Truman Case was married to Nava S. Kinley Case, and they had three children: Fred, Marie and Paul. Nava was a relative of photographer 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 traveling 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: AV30_B01F02_76
Subjects: Families--Ohio; Daily Life; Children--Ohio; Farm life;
Places: Eden (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio);
 

Description: The photograph shows Caroline Kinley outside feeding birds. Doves sit on the pan she holds, and chickens walk around on the ground. She stands on a brick patio with a small wooden porch behind her. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's store, and later as a traveling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). Kinley 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: AV30_B01F02_83
Subjects: Families--Ohio; Daily Life; Farm life;
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio);
 

Description: This photograph shows boys in suits posed with a wicker crate from England, in a field identified as "Stecher's." Gottlieb Stecher was the uncle of the image's photographer, Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's store, and later as a traveling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). Kinley 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: AV30_B01F03_01
Subjects: Families--Ohio; Daily Life; Children--Ohio; Farm life;
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio);
 

Description: This photograph shows eleven children posing in a cornfield belonging to one of photographer Harry Kinley's Stecher uncles. The corn rises above the children's heads. A black dog can be seen in the foreground. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's store, and later as a traveling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). Kinley 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: AV30_B01F03_41
Subjects: Families--Ohio; Daily Life; Children--Ohio; Farm life;
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio);
 

Description: Photograph of two girls sitting in a swing with a man, possibly their father, standing behind to push. The Circle Family Glass Plate Negative Collection came in with the records of John Circle, who served as Franklin County Surveyor between 1981 and 2000. The plates are thought to be part of the family history but have no identification. The images are agricultural and have no known history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV82_013
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio; Farm life; Children; Photography--Ohio; Families; Family history
Places: Franklin County (Ohio)