Description: The photograph shows a family sitting on a porch with their pets. Two children seated at the top of the porch steps hold kittens on their laps. Their parents sit behind them in chairs, with their father holding a dog at his feet and their mother holding a book open on her lap. 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_B01F01_38
Subjects: Families--Ohio; Daily Life; Children--Ohio; Group portraits; Pets
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio);
 

Description: This photograph depicts two women with a variety of animals, including a cat, a rabbit and what may be a dog. A frame house is 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: AL06375
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Women; Portrait photography--United States--History; Pets
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Farms are not just home to livestock and crops, as seen in this 1947 Joe Munroe photograph. They are often populated by domesticated house pets, like this female hamster who lived as a pet on a local Ohio farm. 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_B27_F564_JPG144
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farm pets; Farm life;
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Photograph of the Delzell children of Clintonville with a cart drawn by their goat, Billy. The accompanying caption reads, "The Delzells rode in high style. Jack holding the reins, Isadora and Eillene with 'Rags' in the cart." The photograph was taken on Piedmont Road in Clintonville. This image was included in a "Memory Book" compiled by Mrs. H. V. Cottrell, historian for the Clinton League (sometimes called the Clinton Welfare League) from 1938-1943. The book shows the development of Clintonville and records the history of the League. The Clinton League was a women's group founded in 1912 to promote child welfare and later general welfare in Columbus, but which was based in and primarily focused on the area of Clintonville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P285_MB1_064
Subjects: Clintonville (Ohio); Clinton League; Women--Charities; Families--Ohio; Children; Pets
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Illustration from "The Black Phalanx: A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the Wars of 1775-1812, 1861-'65" by Joseph T. Wilson. Caption reads: "The 1st South Carolina Regiment was attacked by the Confederates with bloodhounds at Pocatalago Bridge, Oct. 23rd, 1862." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: blackphalanx_38
Subjects: African American soldiers; Battlefields; African American men; Pets; Civil War 1861-1865
 

Description: A woman sitting on a porch with two dogs. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08523
Subjects: Photography--Ohio; Women; Dogs; Pets
 

Description: Ambrotype portrait of a young girl with a large dog, ca. 1860, from the Stone-Brown Family Collection. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07470
Subjects: Dogs; Pets; Children's clothing; Portrait photography
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This portrait of a young girl seated with two kittens was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely taken in the region of southeastern Ohio and 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 (now the Ohio History Connection) received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio History Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_B21_F1668
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Photographers--Ohio; Portrait photography--United States--History; Children; Pets
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Portrait of a woman holding three chickens and one chick on her lap. The woman's face is blurred in the portrait, indicating that she moved during the film's exposure. 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: AL06258
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States—History; Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists; Photography--History; Chickens; Animals; Pets; Dresses
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: The photograph shows two women sitting outside in chairs with a dog at their feet. Christina Stecher (Harry Kinley's grandmother) is seated on the left and holds a book open in her lap. Mary Stecher Class (Harry Kinley's aunt) sits on the right. She wears a lace collar and looks into the camera. The small black dog sits on pillows between them and poses with his legs raised and tongue out. A house, outbuilding, and hammock between two trees lie behind them. 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_B01F01_26
Subjects: Families--Ohio; Daily Life; Pets; Women; Dogs
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio)
 

Description: A negative photograph showing a man and a dog behind a house in Zoar village. The back of the photograph reads: "The Hermitage." 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_B03F08_003_001
Subjects: Zoar (Tuscarawas County, Ohio); Daily life; Dogs; Pets
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Pictured is a Zoarite couple seated on a porch with a spotted dog. The woman is wearing an apron over a long dress or skirt. The man wears a dark shirt and pants of simple design. The small community of Zoar, Ohio, was founded in 1817 by a group of German separatists who later became known as the Zoarites. Originally from the area of Wurttemburg, Germany, the group moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after facing persecution for separating from the Lutheran Church in their native land. The group’s leader was Joseph Bimeler (sometimes spelled Joseph Bäumeler). With financial assistance from the Society of Friends (Quakers), the group was able to purchase land in eastern Ohio. The community’s first buildings were constructed in Ohio in 1817, and the following year marked the arrival of approximately two hundred members. The separatists chose to name their town Zoar after the Biblical account of Lot, who escaped to Zoar from Sodom in the book of Genesis. The community of Zoar was not originally organized as a commune, but its residents had a difficult time surviving in 1818 and early 1819. As a result, on April 19, 1819, the group formed the Society of Separatists of Zoar. Each person donated his or her property to the community as a whole. In exchange for their work, the society would provide for them. Both men and women signed the original document creating the society. Women had equal access to political leadership and had the right to vote in elections. Women also were not prohibited from holding office in the society, although no women were ever elected to these positions. Additional modifications to the society’s organization were made in 1824 and a constitution established in 1833. Joseph Bimeler died in 1853. Even though Zoar was economically prosperous, the members’ commitment to the society’s original goals began to deteriorate in the second half of the nineteenth century. Over time, many of the original residents died. The younger generation did not have memories of the persecution back in Europe or the society’s early struggles in Ohio. The outside world influenced the Zoarites more and more, as strangers traveled to Zoar and stayed in the town’s hotel. In 1898, the remaining members decided to dissolve the society, and its property was divided among the Zoarites. It was an end to the communistic experience at Zoar. Throughout the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, Zoar has continued to exist as a small town in rural eastern Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05971
Subjects: Zoar (Tuscarawas County, Ohio); Couples; Pets; Dogs; Portrait photography
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)