Description: Vintage postcard showing the interior of the Snyder-Chaffee Chocolate Shop, located at 47 North High Street in downtown Columbus, ca. 1910-1919. The reverse of the postcard reveals that Snyder-Chaffee confections were made in a factory located at 29-39 West Gay Street "that's clean as a 'pink.'" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06300
Subjects: Stores, Retail; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Stores and shops; Ohio Company; Photography--History
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A view of Sandusky Avenue, Bucyrus, Ohio, ca. 1900. Visible are various storefronts on this busy street, along which stand horse-drawn buggies. Building and window signs identify the retail stores A.J. Salzer (dry goods); Rowe & Brothers (dry goods); and M. Baumoel (carpets and dry goods). A large sign on the roof of the building promotes "Emrich One-Price Clothier." In the far right of the photograph, a horse harnessed to an unseen buggy or wagon stands on the street next to Rowe & Brothers. Tall telephone or telegraph poles loom over the buildings. This photograph probably dates to around 1900. An image taken in 1908 shows streetcar tracks running down the middle Sandusky Avenue; in this image there are no tracks. A search of business listings in the Bucyrus city directories of this period indicates that all of the stores identified above were in business in 1900. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06034
Subjects: Stores, Retail; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Small business--Ohio
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a street scene in Bucyrus, Ohio, ca. 1894-1900. A group of men is gathered on the sidewalk outside of the storefront for Pfleiderer's Bakery. Next door to the bakery is a store selling "Boots & Shoes," and two men in the foreground lean on either side of a monument whose base reads "P Schaeffer." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03341
Subjects: Stores, Retail; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Bucyrus (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Cities and towns--Ohio
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photographic view looking north from the intersection of Goodale Avenue and High Street, Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1950-1959. Street traffic consists of automobiles and electric trolley buses, while in the center of the intersection, workmen are at work repairing stoplights. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03343
Subjects: Stores, Retail; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reproduction of a photograph depicting the store and office at Buckhorn Furnace in Lawrence County, Ohio. The original photograph was taken between 1865 and 1877. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01186
Subjects: Stores, Retail; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Lawrence County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reproduction of a photograph depicting the store at the Mount Vernon Furnace in . The original photograph was taken between 1865 and 1877. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01187
Subjects: Stores, Retail; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Lawrence County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reproduction of a photograph depicting the sales office and store of Buckhorn Furnace in Lawrence County, Ohio. The original photograph was taken between 1865 and 1877. Wilbur Stout, former chemist at the Columbus Iron and Steel Company and Ohio's state geologist, researched and collected photographs of blast furnaces in Ohio. He received this photograph from Fred G. Leete of Ironton, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01195
Subjects: Stores, Retail; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Lawrence County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph of a hillside features three buildings, six adults (one armed with a rifle), and a split-rail fence. Signs are visible advertising Arm & Hammer Baking Soda on the storefront shutters of the nearest building. 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: AL06359
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Stores, Retail; Portrait photography--United States--History
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Reproduction of a photograph depicting the office and store at the Lawrence Furnace in Lawrence County, Ohio. The original photograph was taken between 1865 and 1877. Wilbur Stout, former chemist at the Columbus Iron and Steel Company and Ohio's state geologist, researched and collected photographs of blast furnaces in Ohio. He received this photograph from Fred G. Leete of Ironton, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00806
Subjects: Stores, Retail; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Lawrence County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Miners' Supply Co., Coalton, Ohio, where first National Cash Register was used." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F05_002_001
Subjects: Stores, Retail--Ohio--Coalton
Places: Coalton (Ohio); Jackson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Simon Lazarus (1808-1887) of The F. & R. Lazarus Company, ca. 1870. Simon Lazarus arrived in Columbus, Ohio, in 1870 and opened the Lazarus store. He died in 1877 and after his wife Amelia's death in 1899, the name was changed to The F & R Lazarus store after his sons, Fred and Ralph. In 2003, after a successful century and a half, the Lazarus Company was incorporated with Macy's, a member of the Federated Department stores. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03491
Subjects: Stores, Retail; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Lazarus Department Store; The F. & R. Lazarus Company (Columbus, Ohio);
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "This is the first National Cash Register opened, this register used roll paper. It was first used in the Miners' Supply Co. in Coalton, Ohio." This is a photograph of the first National Cash register ever used at the Miners' Supply Co. in Coalton, Ohio. It is shown here opened. The National Cash Register Company was founded by John H. Patterson in Dayton, Ohio. Patterson (1844-1922), hoping the machines could save him money by reducing accounting errors in his supply business, purchased the patent rights to the cash register from James Ritty in 1884. Within six months, he reduced his debt and showed a profit. Patterson built the first National Cash Register factory on his family's farm in Dayton in 1888. By the turn of the century, the company had become one of the largest employers in Dayton. Known for his strict training program for salespeople and health and education programs for employees, Patterson was closely involved in the daily lives of many of his workers. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F11_013_1
Subjects: Stores, Retail--Ohio--Coalton; Jackson County (Ohio)--History; Patterson, John Henry, 1844-1922; Industries--Ohio--Dayton; Business and Labor; National Cash Register Company; United States. Work Projects Administration (Ohio)
Places: Coalton (Ohio); Jackson County (Ohio)