Description: Photograph of Mary Borkowski displaying one of her thread paintings, October 2002. Borkowski is a nationally recognized folk artist from Dayton, Ohio. In these paintings, she used silk thread on silk, velvet, felt or cotton background. Mary was born in Sulpher Lick Springs, Ohio, in 1916 and died in Dayton in 2008 View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03385
Subjects: Women artists - Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women;
 

Description: This is a portrait of a young woman standing in a flower garden. 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: AL05319
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States—History; Gardens; Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists; Women--Ohio; Portraits; Flowers
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This is a portrait of three young women standing in a flower garden. 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: AL05321
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States—History; Gardens; Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists; Women--Ohio; Portraits; Flowers
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This is a portrait of a young woman in a plaid dress, 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: AL06244
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States—History; Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists; Women--Ohio; Portraits
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: "Acme Laundry in Cincinnati," an oil-on-canvas work painted by Caroline Augusta Lord (1860-1927) in 1911. It is one of Lord's series of three paintings depicting Acme Laundry. This image depicts a large group of women working in a large laundry. They are wearing aprons over long dresses or skirts and blouses. The figures in the foreground have their backs to the viewer. Acme Laundry, established in 1907, was located at 911 Vine St. in Cincinnati. Caroline Augusta Lord (1860-1927) was a native of Cincinnati who studied at the Cincinnati Art Academy, the Art Students League in New York City, and in Paris. She exhibited paintings at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago (1893). She returned to Cincinnati, where she continued in her profession and also taught at the Cincinnati Art Academy. Her frequent subjects were the struggles of the common laborer, women, and children. This painting is part of the Ohio Historical Society's fine art collection. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05926
Subjects: Paintings; Artists--Ohio--Cincinnati; Laundry workers--Ohio; Women--Employment--Ohio--Cincinnati; Women artists
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Bookplate designed for Hubbard Avenue School (Columbus, Ohio) by Josephine Klippart (1848-1936). The rectangular form features a border of lilies and an image of a woman reading a book. On a scroll at the top is the name "Hubbard Avenue School." The inscription reads: "Use the book but let no one misuse it; the bee does not stain the lilies but only touches them." Designed by David Reibel, an important Columbus architect, Hubbard Avenue School was completed in 1896 and is located at 104 West Hubbard Avenue on the near north side of Columbus. Klippart (1848-1936) was the daughter of John Hancock Klippart and his wife, Emeline. Born in Osnaburg, Ohio, she grew up in Columbus and began to paint as a young girl. A specialist in the scientific illustration of Ohio's fishes and birds, Klippart assisted Virginia Jones with the coloring of the nests for "Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of Birds of Ohio" after Genevieve Jones died. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05660
Subjects: Bookplates; Klippart, Josephine, 1848-1936; Schools--Ohio; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Women artists--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Literary Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

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: This is a photograph of three women sitting on the roots of a large tree. An etching in the emulsion of the negative reads: "while summer days pass by," a phrase accompanied by a bar of musical notation. 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: AL05110
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Women; Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists; Musical instruments; Musicians--United States--Pictorial works; Portrait photography--United States—History
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This is a portrait of a well-dressed young woman sitting in front of an American flag which bears the images of President William McKinley and Vice President Theodore Roosevelt. Handwriting on the negative appears to identify the woman as Miss Rachel Riddle. 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: AL06259
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States—History; Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists; Women Suffrage; Political campaigns; Political posters; Flags--United States; McKinley, William, 1843- 1901
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: "This Little Pig Went to Market" was painted by artist Lilly Martin Spencer in 1857. The painting is part of the Ohio Historical Society fine art collection. Spencer was born in England and raised in Marietta, Ohio. She received art training in Marietta and Cincinnati, Ohio, before moving to New York in 1844. Spencer was known for her domestic genre scenes. Her original art inspired mass-produced lithographs, which appealed to women's sensibilities regarding domestic life in the second half of the 19th century. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00778
Subjects: Spencer, Lilly Martin, 1822-1902; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Art, American--Ohio; Artists
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio); Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Lilly Martin Spencer, ca. 1900. Angelique Marie "Lilly" Martin was born in England in 1822 to French parents Gilles Marie Martin and Angelique Le Petit Martin. In 1830, her family left England for New York, where Gilles Martin taught French. The family eventually settled in Marietta, Ohio, three years after arriving to the United States. Spencer was home schooled by her mother and began drawing landscapes and portraits at a young age. She became famous for her domestic scenes, which she was commissioned to paint for housewives and prominent local businessmen in Marietta and later for middle class homes in New York City. During the Civil War, Spencer's work took on a more serious tone and in the later part of the 19th century she began to focus on rural life and detailed landscapes. She studied with Ohio artists Sala Bosworth, Charles Sullivan, and James Beard. Lilly married Benjamin Rush Spencer, an English tailor living in Cincinnati, soon after meeting him in 1844. The couple had 13 children, seven of whom survived. In 1848, the family moved to New York City, where Lilly showed her work at the National Academy of Design and the American Art-Union. Despite her popularity, she did not get enough commissions to support her family and began experimenting with lithographs, eventually becoming one of the most popular producers in New York City. After a brief time in New Jersey, the family moved to a farm in Highland, New York, in 1879, where they lived until Benjamin Spencer died in 1890. Lilly Martin Spencer continued her art career until her death on May 22, 1902. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS972_B01F22_01
Subjects: Spencer, Lilly Martin, 1822-1902; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Art, American--Ohio; Artists
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Polaroid print of Mary Borkowski, a nationally recognized folk artist from Dayton, Ohio, ca. 1970-1979. She is known for her thread paintings. Her works are included in the collections of the Museum of American Folk Art in New York City, the Smithsonian Institution, the Presidential Libraries of Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon, the Dayton Art Institute, and Sinclair Community College. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03656
Subjects: Folk art--Ohio; Artists--Ohio; Ohio Women
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)