Description: Lake Erie Shoreline on Gibraltar Island in Ottawa County, Ohio. For many years Gibraltar was the summer home of the Jay Cooke family. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05434
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio
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: 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: 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: Disk made of quartzite has large circular indentations on both sides. The edges are rounded. It is mottled yellow, yellowish brown and orange with one area of red. The stone was used in a game played with spears. Item was found in Erie Township, Ottawa County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07247
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Games; American Indian history
Places: Erie Township (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: Small building, possibly a cow shed, on Gibraltar Island in Lake Erie, Ottawa County, Ohio. For many years Gibraltar was the summer home of the Jay Cooke family. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05429
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Other--Family History
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of the summer home of the Jay Cooke family on Gibraltar Island in Lake Erie, Ottawa County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05430
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Lake Erie Islands (Ohio); Other--Family History; Summer; Houses
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of the summer home of the Jay Cooke family, called "Cooke's Castle," on Gibraltar Island in Lake Erie, Ottawa County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05433
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Lake Erie Islands (Ohio); Other--Family History; Houses; Summer
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: This black and white photograph shows the Perry Memorial Monument scanned from a travel brochure cover page, entitled "Put-In-Bay, America's Most Unique Travel Resort." The Memorial is a Doric style of column measuring 352 feet high, on the shores of Lake Erie on Put-In-Bay island. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05222
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Ohio History--Military Ohio; Put-in-Bay (Ohio); Perry, Oliver Hazard, 1785-1819; Ohio--History--War of 1812
Places: Put-In-Bay (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Cooke Castle on Gibraltar Island, ca. 1880. Built circa 1864 by Jay Cooke, Cooke Castle was used as a vacation home by four generations of the Cooke family. Today, the house and the island are owned by The Ohio State University. The University maintains the Stone Laboratory, a freshwater research and teaching facility. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03667
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Ohio History; Houses
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: House on Gibraltar Island, possibly used by the caretaker. For many years Gibraltar was the summer home of the Jay Cooke family. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05432
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Lake Erie Islands (Ohio); Other--Family History; Houses; Summer
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: Group portrait of staff, Cooke summer home on Gibraltar Island, Lake Erie. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05436
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Other--Family History; Houses; Summer
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)