Description: The Akron area YMCA was founded in 1896. The Akron YMCA Building was constructed in the 1920s to house the organization. As a Christian organization, the goal of the YMCA was to give those in need a place to stay, eat, and worship. The indoor pool at the Akron YMCA Building is pictured in the photograph. The building, including the pool, is still in use by the Akron YMCA, as one of their branch locations. The location now houses exercise and sports facilities, while the remodeled living quarters are now private apartments. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F02_024
Subjects: YMCA; Akron (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Swimming; Sports and recreation facilities; Diving for men; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing two unidentified men standing on the porch of a house in Zoar. The top caption reads: "Kappel house? 3rd & Main." Led by Joseph Bimeler in 1817, a group of Lutheran separatists left the area of Germany known as Wurttemberg and eventually established the small community of Zoar in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. They would become known as the Society of Separatists of Zoar in 1819. After Bimeler's death in 1853, the unity of the village declined, and by 1898 the Zoarites disbanded the society. The remaining residents divided the property, and the community continued to prosper in Zoar. Today, the Ohio Historical Society operates a portion of the town as a historic site. A number of the Zoarite buildings are restored and are open to the public. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV9_B03F06_004
Subjects: Zoar (Tuscarawas County, Ohio); Houses; Men; Photography--Ohio
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated to the 1890s, this is a photograph of Ohio resident Earl Walter Mitchell (right) and two other men dressed in football gear. Earl Walter Mitchell of New Carlisle, Ohio, was born in 1875 to Emma and Augustus Pomeroy Mitchell. He was a member of the local Presbyterian Church and the local Masonic Lodge. Mitchell worked as a clerk in W.A. Higgins's Drug Store and later became a traveling salesman for a linoleum firm. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS7467
Subjects: Photography--Ohio; Football; Young men; Athletes; Sports--Ohio--History
Places: New Carlisle (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Front view of blue and white cotton houndstooth men's coat with tails, ca. 1836. It is trimmed with white piping on the pockets and two self-covered buttons at each cuff. The coat has six large self-covered buttons on the front. It was possibly made by Ann Tetrick as a wedding coat for her husband, Cyrus Tetrick. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04944
Subjects: Coats; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Clothing & dress; Men--Ohio; Wedding costume; Weddings
 

Description: Back view of blue and white cotton houndstooth men's coat with tails, ca. 1836. It is trimmed with white piping on the pockets and two self-covered buttons at each cuff. The coat has six large self-covered buttons on the front. It was possibly made by Ann Tetrick as a wedding coat for her husband, Cyrus Tetrick. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04945
Subjects: Coats; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Clothing & dress; Men--Ohio; Wedding costume; Weddings
 

Description: Side view of blue and white cotton houndstooth men's coat with tails, ca. 1836. It is trimmed with white piping on the pockets and two self-covered buttons at each cuff. The coat has six large self-covered buttons on the front. It was made by Ann Tetrick, possibly as a wedding coat for her husband, Cyrus Tetrick. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04946
Subjects: Coats; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Clothing & dress; Men--Ohio; Wedding costume; Weddings
 

Description: Front detail of blue and white cotton houndstooth men's coat with tails, ca. 1836. It is trimmed with white piping on the pockets and two self-covered buttons at each cuff. The coat has six large self-covered buttons on the front. It was made by Ann Tetrick, possibly as a wedding coat for her husband, Cyrus Tetrick. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04947
Subjects: Coats; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Clothing & dress; Men--Ohio; Wedding costume; Weddings
 

Description: This is a portrait of two men reclining on the ground behind a slate board that reads: "Sep 23, 1900." 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: AL06245
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States—History; Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists; Men--Ohio; Portraits
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This is a photograph of three working men seated on rocks. Caption reads: "Juna Bauer Grantsville." 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: AL06498
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States—History; Men; Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists; Photography--History; African American men
Places: Grantsville (West Virginia)
 

Description: Group portrait of the members of the Kit Kat Club, 1946. The Kit Kat Club of Columbus, Ohio, has its roots in a literary publication titled "The Honey Jar: A Receptacle for Literary Preserves." The magazine began in 1898 in Columbus, but it had a limited circulation. When it ceased publication in 1911, Charles C. Pavey, an attorney and contributor, offered to start a new publication to be called the "Kit-Kat Magazine." The title came from an article in "The Honey Jar" concerning a famous 18th century literary club in London, England, whose namesake was Christopher “Kit” Kat, the owner of an English tavern in the 1700s where members such as writer and critic Samuel Johnson reportedly met. Pavey invited 19 men to assemble and discuss underwriting the publishing of the new magazine on October 5, 1911. The Kit Kat Club was formed as a result of this meeting, and their first regular meeting was held on November 3, 1911. The club's mission is to "promote social intercourse among congenial men who are interested in literature, art, and other matters of broad human concern." They also published the monthly magazine from 1912 to 1920. Membership in the club is limited to 39 men. Nominations for new members are made by a three-man committee when a member dies or resigns, and voted on by members. Many noted Columbus men were members of the Kit Kat Club, including John W. Bricker, Charles Y. Lazarus, Edward Orton Jr., Edward S. Thomas, John M. Vorys, and many men from The Ohio State University, including four of its presidents. An accompanying description of this photograph lists the members pictured as follows: Front row: Adolph E. Waller, James R. Hopkins, Howard Dwight Smith, John F. Cunningham, Howard L. Bevis, Otto Mees, George W. Rightmire and E.J. Crane. Second row: Carl V. Weygandt, Claris Addams, Robert G. Patterson, Hugh Huntington, James E. Pollard, H.E. Cherrington, Boynton Merrill, Robert E. Pfeiffer, Dr. Jonathan Forman, H.C. Shetrone, Harlan H. Hatcher, Dr. George M. Curtis, George Washburne and C.E. MacQuigg. Additional members who were not pictured include Landon C. Bell, James I. Boulger, John W. Bricker, Dr. W.O. Doescher, Dr. Leroy Johnson, Richard B. Bean (who took the photograph), George R. Roudebush, Harrison M. Sayre, Samuel Shellabarger, George K. Smith, Edward S. Thomas, Henry A. Williams, and John M. Vorys. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS_200AV_F01_01
Subjects: Kit Kat Club (Columbus, Ohio); Men--Ohio--Societies and clubs; Literature--Societies, etc.; Columbus (Ohio)--Social life and customs
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing an unidentified man standing in front of a house in Zoar village. Led by Joseph Bimeler in 1817, a group of Lutheran separatists left the area of Germany known as Wurttemberg and eventually established the small community of Zoar in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. They would become known as the Society of Separatists of Zoar in 1819. After Bimeler's death in 1853, the unity of the village declined, and by 1898 the Zoarites disbanded the society. The remaining residents divided the property, and the community continued to prosper in Zoar. Today, the Ohio Historical Society operates a portion of the town as a historic site. A number of the Zoarite buildings are restored and are open to the public. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV9_B03F07_001
Subjects: Zoar (Tuscarawas County, Ohio); Houses; Men; Photography--Ohio
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of a smiling young man sitting in a chair, his legs crossed, arms folded across his chest and wearing a hat with a feather. 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: AL06596
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States—History; Men; Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists; Photography--History
Places: Ohio; West Virginia