Description: Taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912, this photograph shows a young girl in a dress sitting on a wooden chair against a solid background with a decorative motif. There are illegible notes etched at the top and left side of the glass plate negative. 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_B14_F737
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Children; Girls
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This picture postcard shows the Seneca Hotel, located on the corner of Broad and Grant Streets in Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1935. Built in 1917, the Seneca was designed by noted Columbus architect Frank Packard (1866-1923). Ten stories high, the Seneca was first high-rise building in Columbus. This postcard has two color images: one of the hotel's red brick exterior and the other of its elegant lobby and luxurious furnishings. A caption reads: " Seneca Hotel / Columbus, Ohio / Half Block East of Memorial Hall." The Seneca Hotel ranked among the city's finest hotels for many years. For a time it housed the Ohio State Faculty Club and later was converted to offices for the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. In 1987 the Ohio EPA moved from the building, which remained closed until it underwent a $21 million renovation and reopened in 2008 as a 77-unit apartment building. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05862
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Architecture and Engineering; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Hotels--Ohio--Columbus--History;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A character building poster photographed by the Federal Art Project WPA in Cleveland, Ohio. The poster depicts a mugshot of a prisoner who apparently has been arrested for some criminal act against someone else's property. The poster reads "Boys don't have your picture taken this way. Respect other people's property." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F09_010_001
Subjects: Posters--Ohio--Cleveland; Federal Art Project
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: This portrait identified as Grover White of White Pine, West Virginia, was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. Like most of Ewing's work, it was 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 (now the Ohio History Connection) received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio History Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_b20_f1560
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Photographers--Ohio; Portrait photography--United States--History
Places: White Pine (West Virginia);
 

Description: Four young children pose for a portrait alongside a fencepost, 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_b04_f255
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Children; Portrait photography--United States--History;
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Portrait of a young girl standing on a wooden porch and wearing a white dress. Handwriting on the negative includes the name Will Jackson of Big Springs, West Virginia. This photograph was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. Like most of Ewing's work, it was taken in the region of either 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 (now the Ohio History Connection) 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 History Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_B25_F2254
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Children; Clothing and dress
Places: Big Springs (West Virginia)
 

Description: This illustration depicts Eliza, a character from "Uncle Tom's Cabin," crossing the Ohio River on ice, pursued by slave catchers and dogs. Published by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is an anti-slavery novel that depicts the harsh realities of slavery and which helped fuel the abolitionist movement in the United States. This picture appears in "Pathways of Progress: A Short History of Ohio," published by David Bowman in 1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04193
Subjects: Authors, American--Ohio; Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896; Abolitionists; Slavery; Cultural Ohio--Literary Ohio
Places: Ohio River
 

Description: This is a photograph of a machine shop of the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1895. In the center of the picture are several mining machines under assembly. The floor machines on the right were powered from overhead drive shafts, pulleys and belts. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01216
Subjects: Manufacturing industries--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: This portrait was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. Ewing himself is pictured along with an unidentified woman, possibly his wife or relative, who wears a cameo with his portrait at her throat. 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 (now the Ohio History Connection) received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio History Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_b20_f1600
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Photographers--Ohio; Portrait photography--United States--History
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: A large family poses for a portrait outdoors, 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_b04_f256
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Families
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Portrait of a dog seated on a wooden chair in a yard, while a figure crouches behind the chair. Handwriting on the negative appears to identify the dog's owner as Ira Hoak of Grantsville, West Virginia. This photograph was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. Like most of Ewing's work, it was taken in the region of southeastern Ohio and 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 (now the Ohio History Connection) 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 History Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_B25_F2228
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Dogs; Pets
Places: Grantsville (West Virginia);
 

Description: Taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912, this photograph shows a close-up portrait of a woman. She wears a dark dress with three decorative accents on her left side. Her earrings indicate that she is a prosperous and possibly upper class woman, as most of Ewing's female subjects do not wear jewelry. 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_B14_F739
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Women; Clothing and dress
Places: Ohio; West Virginia