Description: This is a scenic picture of a log cabin surrounded by trees in winter. There is a stream that is running through the picture in front of the cabin. The picture was taken somewhere in Warren County, Ohio along route 48, possibly near Lebanon, Ohio. The back of the picture says, "Roser's Camp". It is possible that this was the home of William Henry Roser, a Civil War Veteran who was born in Warren County, Ohio in 1838. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F07_014_001
Subjects: Warren County (Ohio)--Pictorial works; Lebanon (Warren County, Ohio : Civil jurisdiction)--Pictorial works; Civil war; Cabin;
Places: Warren County (Ohio); Lebanon (Ohio : Township)
 

Description: The reverse reads in script: "Youngstown, Ohio: housing and mills." A blue stamp on the reverse reads: "PHOTO BY EDWIN LOCKE FOR U. S. FILM SERVICE." There is also a typed note that reads: "Ohio Picture Book Page: 51 Picture: 64 (upper) Credit: U. S. Film Service: Locke Caption: Steel Mill Houses, Youngstown This photo must be returned to Ohio Writers' Project S E. Chestnut St., Col. O." This picture shows what appears to be an apartment building, a duplex, two houses and two sheds that are across the street from a large mill. The sheds are made from patching together various scraps of wood, and the beams are visible in some areas. The mill is long and rectangular a features ongoing rows of square-paneled, metal windows along the top and the middle of the building. The ground floor features an ongoing row of double-hung, divided windows. On top of the mill are seven cylindrical smoke stacks. Barely visible behind the mill is a hill with what appears to be several houses. At the bottom of the photo, a short section of train tracks are visible. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F11_002_001
Subjects: Youngstown (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Youngstown (Ohio)--History--20th century; Mills and mill-work
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning (Ohio); Trumbull (Ohio)
 

Description: Picture of a farmhouse scene in Warren County, somewhere on Route #48, possibly in the area of Lebanon, Ohio. In the picture, you can see a house with a white fence all around it. Sheep can be seen just to the right of the house, and a wind mill on the left side of the picture. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F07_001_001
Subjects: Warren County (Ohio)--Pictorial works; Farm buildings; Lebanon (Warren County, Ohio : Civil jurisdiction)--Pictorial works
Places: Warren County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a picture of "The North Family" Shaker village at Union Village. The village is 3 miles west of Lebanon, Ohio. There are several empty buildings on either side of the dirt road that runs through the picture. The back of the photo reads, ""The North Family" group of buildings at Union Village (Shakertown) 3 miles west of Lebanon, Ohio, now known as The Otterbein Home. The central building of the picture was the broom factory and the one to the left, now used as a hospital for the home, was a group residence". Union Village was the first, and largest, Shaker community west of the Allegheny Mountains, and was established in 1805. By the 1940's, Union Village was the second largest Shaker settlement with a population of 700. The village was disbanded in 1912, and the last building was demolished in 1965. For more information, please visit the Warren County Historical Society. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F07_016_001
Subjects: Warren County (Ohio)--Pictorial works; Shakers--Ohio--Union Village--Pictorial works; Shakers--North Union (Ohio);
Places: Union Village (Ohio); Warren County (Ohio)
 

Description: A young girl dressed in warm clothing stands on a chair as her picture is taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. 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_b09_f536
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Children
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: A group of students pose outside of their schoolhouse with books in hand for their picture. This photograph was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. 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_b09_f538
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Children; School photography
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This is a picture of a Waterworks and Filtering Plant in Williamsburg, Ohio in Clermont County. This picture displays the back of a brick building and shows a holding tank filled with water. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F07_024_001
Subjects: Clermont County (Ohio)--Pictorial works; Williamsburg (Ohio); Water treatment plants
Places: Williamsburg (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a picture of a woman lying in bed with a fish bowl on the bedside stand near her head. A marking on the negative reads: "Mrs. Marshall, Freeport, West Virginia." 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: AL03626
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States—History; Women--West Virginia; Photographers--Ohio
Places: Freeport (West Virginia)
 

Description: This is a portrait of a man and woman. Two girls can be seen on either side holding the backdrop for the picture. 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: AL03627
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States—History; Couples; Photographers--Ohio
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Rike's Humpty Dumpty family. Rike's Toy [unreadable text], Thanksgiving Day, 1935. Ohio Picture Book Page: 59 Picture: 78 (upper) Credit: None Caption: Thanksgiving Day Parade, Dayton This photo must be returned to Ohio Writers' Project 8 E. Chesnut St., Col O." Rike's was a seven-story department store in downtown Dayton. It began in the 1850's as a dry goods firm and moved to the corner of Second and Main in 1912 where it remained until it was demolished in 1999. Rike's was known for it's holiday window displays and the "Tike's Shop" where children could do their holiday shopping. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F06_033_001
Subjects: Dayton (Ohio); Thanksgiving Day;
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This picture postcard shows an interior view of the Cloisters, the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio. The color illustration reveals the stone floor and arcades, three of which were taken from a medieval cloister. The Cloisters were part of a 1933 expansion of the original Neoclassical (Classical Revival) museum building, which had been designed by Edward B. Green and Harry W. Wachter and which opened in 1912. An earlier expansion, in 1926, added the Gothic Hall, where tapestries, sculpture, and stained glass. Although the caption on this postcard image identifies the location as the Gothic Hall and Cloisters Gallery, the image likely shows only the Cloisters area. The Gothic Hall incorporated vaulted ribs, which are not visible in this image. In 1982 the Gothic Hall and Gallery were renovated to create space for a museum entrance on Grove Street, a grand staircase, and the Canaday Gallery. The Toledo Art Museum was founded in 1901 by two artists, an attorney, an architect, an industrialist, a realtor, and a journalist. In 1907, Edward Drummond Libbey (1854-1925) and his wife, Florence Scott Libbey, donated six acres of land on Monroe Street for the site of a new building. Libbey was the founder of the Libbey Glass Company and the Libbey-Owens Sheet Glass Company, both located in Toledo. Since 1912 the museum campus has grown substantially. It now comprises 36 acres with six buildings. Due to the benevolences of its founders and membership support, the museum remains a privately endowed, nonprofit institution. Admission is free and open to the public six days per week, 309 days per year. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06162
Subjects: Toledo Museum of Art; Architecture--Ohio; Toledo (Ohio); Neoclassicism (Architecture); Galleries and museums; Greek revival (Architecture); Libbey, Edward Drummond, 1854-1925
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: A large group of school children pose for a picture. Many of the students hold books or chalkboards in their hands. 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: AV71_b06_f377
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Children; School photography
Places: Ohio; West Virginia