Description: Group portrait of eleven young women, taken in a photography studio in Marietta, Ohio, ca. 1861-1865. Ten of the women are gathered around a woman in the center who appears slightly older than the others. The photograph is oval-shaped and presented in an oval-shaped mat. Text on the frame reads "Photographed by CADWALLADER & TAPPAN. Front St. over the Bank, Marietta, Ohio." Bits of ephemera are affixed to the frame, including what appear to be a stamp, a label for headache powder, and a label from the India Spice Drug Co. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC5739_01
Subjects: Teenagers; Women--Ohio; Civil War 1861-1865; Photography--Ohio--History--19th century
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a portrait of a woman wearing an unlocked belt. 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: AL02968
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States—History; Women--Ohio--History; Photography--Ohio--History--19th century
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This is a portrait of a woman wearing a locked belt. 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: AL02969
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States—History; Women--Ohio--History; Photography--Ohio--History--19th century
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This is a portrait of two young girls, possibly sisters, sharing a rocker, one's arm around the other's shoulders. 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: AL06253
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Photography--Ohio--History--19th century; Girls; Children; Clothing and dress
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This is a portrait of a man holding an infant on his lap. 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: AL06254
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States—History; Children; Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists; Families; Photography--Ohio--History--19th century
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Cabinet photograph of an unidentified Civil War soldier from Chillicothe, ca. 1861-1865. During the American Civil War, Ohio provided the United States government with three types of military units: artillery units, cavalry units, and infantry units. Ohio supplied the federal government with more than 260 regiments of men, not counting several companies that formed the basis of regiments in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Massachusetts. A total of 310,654 Ohioans served in the Northern army for varying lengths of time. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC4613_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Soldiers--Ohio--Photographs; Photography--Ohio--History--19th century;
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carte de visite portrait of Orvil Grant, brother of Civil War General and United States President Ulysses S. Grant. Photograph was taken by James Pressley Ball, an African American photographer working in Cincinnati, Ohio, ca. 1862-1868. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07700
Subjects: Grant Family; Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Photography--Ohio--History--19th century
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carte de visite portrait of Jesse R. Grant, the father of Civil War General and United States President Ulysses S. Grant, taken at the Ministerial Portrait Gallery in New York. Jesse Grant was a tanner and businessman in Point Pleasant, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07701
Subjects: Grant Family; Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Photography--Ohio--History--19th century;
Places: New York City (New York)
 

Description: This cabin was the birthplace of Civil War general and United States President Ulysses S. Grant. It was originally built in Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio, but after the Civil War made an extensive tour of the United States on a railroad flatcar. It was then displayed at the Ohio State fairgrounds in Columbus and returned to Point Pleasant in 1936. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07702
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Photography--Ohio--History--19th century; Houses
Places: Point Pleasant (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of a little girl with ribbons in her hair, standing on a rustic bench. 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: AL06480
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States—History; Children; Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists; Families; Photography--Ohio--History--19th century
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This is a photograph of an infant wearing a very long gown, probably a baptism or christening gown, sitting in an ornate wicker chair. A marking on the negative reads: "Professor Allison 1906." 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: AL06593
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States—History; Children; Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists; Infants; Photography--Ohio--History--19th century
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Photograph of a man, woman and five children sitting on porch steps. Negative is marked "Nutter Farm WVA." 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: AL06599
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Children; Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists; Families; Photography--Ohio--History--19th century
Places: Nutter Farm (West Virginia)