Description: Taken by photographer Ihna Thayer Frary in 1924, this photograph shows the front doorway of an unidentified home in Monroe Falls, Ohio. The decorative doorway features wooden columns on either side as well as inset wood and window elements. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1873, Ihna Thayer Frary was a prominent American art and architecture scholar, whose primary interest was the architectural heritage of the region of northeastern Ohio known as the Western Reserve. In addition to serving as publicity and membership secretary of the Cleveland Museum of Art, he was a professor of Ohio and American architecture at the Cleveland Institute of Art and Western Reserve University’s School of Architecture. Over the course of his career, Frary was a design consultant for private clients and designed furniture, and was an active member of several prominent arts councils in the Cleveland area. In 1963, Frary and his two sons donated his entire photographic collection to the Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection). The Ihna Thayer Frary Collection consists of 4,000 5 x 7 photographs of private residences, churches, taverns, and public buildings, as well as select rural buildings, bridges, archaeological sites, and public monuments. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P112_B54A_1825_01
Subjects: Frary, I. T. (Ihna Thayer); Photography--Ohio; Western Reserve; Domestic architecture; Doors & doorways
Places: Monroe Falls (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: A view of the Lower Falls of the Genesee River in Rochester, New York (1870-1879). This photograph appears opposite p. 109 of "Rochester: The Flower City, 1855-1890" by Blake McKelvey (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1949). The Genesee River runs through the heart of Rochester, New York, on its way to Lake Ontario. Within the city the Genesee drops in three places (the so-called Upper, Lower, and Middle Falls). The Lower Falls have a 110-foot drop. Situated along the riverbanks are several industrial-looking buildings with tall smokestacks. Other buildings form a backdrop to this vista. Historian Blake McKelvey's professional career is inextricably linked to his adopted hometown, Rochester, New York. The majority of his books are devoted to the city's history, including the publication in which this map is found. During the last half of the 19th century, Rochester was home to a thriving nursery industry, thus earning for itself the nickname "Flower City." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05785
Subjects: Rochester (N.Y.)--History; McKelvey, Blake, 1903-2000;
Places: Rochester (New York); Monroe County (New York)