Description: This is a photograph of a large group of mourners in a cemetery. In the foreground is a casket, and behind the group a hearse can be seen. Because of the many men who are wearing aprons, it seems likely that this may be a Masonic funeral. 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: AL03849
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States—History; Cemeteries; Funeral rites and ceremonies--United States; Death--United States
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Photograph of a closed casket with wreaths at a cemetery. Behind the casket, a parked hearse can be seen. Because of the men seen wearing aprons on the left side of the photograph, it may be the funeral of a Freemason. 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: AL03850
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Funeral rites and ceremonies; Fraternal orders; Death--United States; Cemeteries
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Photograph of a deceased man in open casket. The casket appears to be outdoors and is surrounded by boughs and wreaths of flowers. 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: AL03852
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Funeral rites and ceremonies--United States; Postmortem photography; Death--United States
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This is a photograph of an arrangement of flowers circling a portrait of a deceased man. 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: AL03853
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States—History; Funeral rites and ceremonies--United States; Death--United States
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This is a portrait of a woman looking down at the deceased infant she holds on her 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: AL04687
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States—History; Women; Children; Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists; Postmortem photography; Funeral rites and ceremonies
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: A horse-drawn hearse marked "Stoneburners Hearse." A hearse as a funerary vehicle has its origins in an elaborate framework erected over a coffin or tomb to which memorial verses or epitaphs were attached. Such framework was commonly placed on top of horse-drawn carriages until petroleum-driven hearses became available in the United States in 1909 and widely used in 1920s. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's department store, and later as a travelling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). He 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: AL07788
Subjects: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Funeral rites & ceremonies; Funeral vehicles;
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio);
 

Description: The photograph shows a square tomb in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. The building lies half underground with a stone wall holding back the earth behind it and a stone walkway leading to the door. Behind it are trees and head stones. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky. 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_18
Subjects: Cemeteries--Ohio; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Funeral rites and ceremonies
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio);
 

Description: Taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, this photograph shows the closed casket of Captain Richard Fouraker of the 77th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. A sign rests below the casket and reads "Capt. Richard Fouraker, Co. H. 77. O.V.I., Born August 5th, 1808, Died July 30th, 1904." 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: AV71_b11_f652
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; 77th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I); Funeral rites and ceremonies
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: The photograph shows a square tomb in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. The building lies half underground with a a stone wall holding back the earth behind it and a stone walkway leading to the door. The words over the door read "Oak Hill." Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky. 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_45
Subjects: Cemeteries--Ohio; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Funeral rites and ceremonies
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio);
 

Description: This is a photograph of a gazebo at Woodland Avenue Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio, 1880, from the collection of Louis Baus. Woodland Cemetery was the main public cemetery in Cleveland for over 50 years, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Louis Baus, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, was born in 1875. He began his career as a professional photographer doing studio work before becoming a staff photographer for the Cleveland Advocate in 1911. Baus worked for the paper, which was later purchased by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, for thirty-eight years until his death in 1949. He was also an avid collector of historic photographs. The Louis Baus Collection consists of over one thousand photographs mounted in eleven albums, showing historic Cleveland, the village of Zoar and Ohio covered bridges and mills. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P223_B02_A05_487
Subjects: Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Cemeteries; Funeral rites and ceremonies
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing the entrance to Erie Street Cemetery on what is now East 9th Street in Cleveland, Ohio, from the collection of Louis Baus. Baus, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, was born in 1875. He began his career as a professional photographer doing studio work before becoming a staff photographer for the Cleveland Advocate in 1911. Baus worked for the paper, which was later purchased by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, for thirty-eight years until his death in 1949. He was also an avid collector of historic photographs. The Louis Baus Collection consists of over one thousand photographs mounted in eleven albums, showing historic Cleveland, the village of Zoar and Ohio covered bridges and mills. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P223_B03_A08_751
Subjects: Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Cemeteries; Funeral rites and ceremonies;
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing the excavated burial site of two horses, located at Fort Meigs near Perrysburg, Ohio. During archaeological investigation at the site in 2001, this grave was discovered about 250 feet southwest of the wall of the original fort. On the left is the skeleton of a larger draft horse, while the right figure was a smaller cavalry horse. Their causes of death were both likely tied to their service at the fort--the draft horse from a fatal fall, and the cavalry horse from being struck by buckshot (possibly in battle). Also buried with the bodies, beneath the right shoulder of the cavalry horse, was the skull of a boar. While the exact significance of this burial is uncertain, it's possible that the positioning was intentional as part of a forgotten military ritual. The site of Fort Meigs marked a turning point in the western theatre of war for American forces during the War of 1812. The twice-successful defense of the fort in 1813 ushered in a series of American victories which ultimately secured the Great Lakes Region under United States control and cemented the geographic and cultural boundaries of the region, which still exist today. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: A4597_BP29_54
Subjects: War of 1812; Fort Meigs (Ohio); Military life; Funeral rites & ceremonies; Excavations (Archaeology)--Ohio;
Places: Fort Meigs (Ohio); Perrysburg (Ohio); Wood County (Ohio)