Description: Modern contact print made from a glass plate negative depicting Fred Lohman killing chickens in the yard of the Cooke home on Gibraltar Island, Ottawa County, Ohio, 1886. For many years, Gibraltar was the summer home of the Jay Cooke family. Today, the island is owned by The Ohio State University, who maintains the Stone Laboratory, a freshwater research and teaching facility. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05492
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Agriculture; Chickens; Gibraltar Island (Ohio)
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a modern contact print made from a glass plate negative depicting Sallie Stem and Esther Clarkson Russell Cooke playing croquet on Gibraltar Island, Ottawa County, Ohio, in the summer of 1886. Sallie was the niece of Gibraltar caretaker Anna McMeens. Esther was the wife of Reverend Henry Cooke and daughter-in-law of prominent businessman Jay Cooke. For many years Gibraltar was the summer home of the Jay Cooke family. Today, the island is owned by The Ohio State University, who maintains the Stone Laboratory, a freshwater research and teaching facility. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05439
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Games; Lawns; Sports for women
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: Modern contact print made from a glass plate negative depicting a young girl leaning a tree with a tennis racket, Gibraltar Island, Ottawa County, Ohio, ca. 1880. For many years, Gibraltar was the summer home of the Jay Cooke family. Today, the island is owned by The Ohio State University, who maintains the Stone Laboratory, a freshwater research and teaching facility. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05494
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Other--Family History; Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Games; Children
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: Modern contact print made from a glass plate negative depicting Jay Cooke III and Edward Lewis rolling the lawn in preparation to play tennis, on Gibraltar Island, Ottawa County, Ohio, ca. 1889. Reverend Henry Cooke looks on from under the tree. Henry Cooke was the son of prominent businessman Jay Cooke. For many years, Gibraltar was the summer home of the Jay Cooke family. Today, the island is owned by The Ohio State University, who maintains the Stone Laboratory, a freshwater research and teaching facility. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05440
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Other--Family History; Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Games; Lawns
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image is an aerial view of Gibraltar Island (foreground) and South Bass Island State Park, both of which are among the Lake Erie Islands, near Sandusky, Ohio. The dominant landmark on South Bass Island is the Doric Column at Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial, part of the National Park Service. The column stands 47 feet taller than the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. The image was submitted in 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: AL07004
Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976); Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Put-in-Bay (Ohio); Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial (Put-in-Bay, Ohio); South Bass Island (Ohio); Lake Erie Islands (Ohio);
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Put-In-Bay (Ohio); South Bass Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: Modern contact print made from a glass plate negative depicting three children in a tree swing on Gibraltar Island, Ottawa County, Ohio, ca. 1891-1892. The children are Carlotta Barney, Russell Cooke and Henry Cooke, Jr. For many years, Gibraltar was the summer home of the Jay Cooke family. Today, the island is owned by The Ohio State University, who maintains the Stone Laboratory, a freshwater research and teaching facility. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05493
Subjects: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Other--Family History; Children; Clothing & dress
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Dorothea Barney, Charles D. Barney and Rev. Lorin Webster, taken in 1889. Charles D. Barney, pictured on the left, was married to Laura Cooke, daughter of Jay Cooke, a financier who built Cooke Castle on Gibraltar Island in Put-in-Bay. Also appearing in the photograph are Rev. Lorin Webster and Dorothea Barney, daughter of Charles Barney, who later married James Horace Harding. The picture was most likely taken by Jay Cooke's son, Henry, an avid photographer. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03655
Subjects: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)