Description: This portrait of an older couple seated outdoors on the grass was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. In the background are a split-rail fence and a table filled with loaves of bread. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely 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 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_B21_F1665
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Photographers--Ohio; Portrait photography--United States--History; Couples
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This photograph shows two separate exposures on a single glass plate negative, possibly showing the various members of a single family. It 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_b02_f151
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Families; Children
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Portrait of inventor Thomas Alva Edison, ca. 1920 - 1929. Edison was born in Milan, Ohio. He gained fame as an inventor, registering a total of 1,093 patents for such innovations as the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, and the moving picture camera. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00738
Subjects: Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931; Inventors--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Science and Technology;
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Page: 43; Picture: 53; Credit: J. Connor Howell; Caption: Rimming a jug on a Potter's Wheel." This photograph depicts an unknown potter forming the rim of a jug. This photo was most likely taken at S.A. Weller Pottery Company in Zanesville, Ohio. S.A. Weller Pottery, located at 1888 Ceramic Avenue, was generally considered to be the largest art pottery maker in the world. Founded in 1872 by Samuel A. Weller in Fultenham, Ohio, he moved production to Zanesville in 1888 and built his first factory in 1890. The company handled all aspects if production, from digging the clay all the way through the firing in the kiln. Some of the most popular of his patterns were: Hudson, Sicard, Louwelsa, Woodcraft and Camelot. The S.A. Weller Pottery Company closed in 1948. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F08_015_001
Subjects: Pottery--Ohio--Zanesville; Art pottery, American--Ohio--Zanesville--History; Weller Pottery Company; Pottery wheels; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Julia Gurdner's house at 1222 South Main Street, Lima, Ohio in Allen County. The photo is from the African American Small Picture Collection, SC 1495. The photographs were taken by staff of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was a United States federal government project to fund written work and support writers during the Great Depression. On April 1, 1937, the FWP received formal approval and instructions to conduct interviews of surviving ex-slaves in Ohio. Most of the narratives were compiled in 1937 and 1938 and gathered from around the state. After the termination of the Federal Writer's Project, most narratives were transferred to the Writers' Unit of the Library of Congress. However, an additional twenty-eight narratives were discovered in the State Archives holdings. The collection contains a photoprint of three "very efficient members of the WPA group on project of The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, 1936-1937: B[sic.] Williams, Carl G. Beason, and Margaret Clark Oakfield". There are also portraits of male and female ex-slaves of Springfield, Ohio and Youngstown, Ohio; the backs of the photographs contain street addresses, county names and district numbers of each of the former slaves' residences. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: sc1495_02_01
Subjects: Ohio Federal Writers' Project; Buildings
Places: Lima (Ohio); Allen County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912, this photograph shows a young man seated in front of a dark backdrop. He appears to wear a political pin on his lapel. 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 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_B16_F1013
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Men
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This portrait of five young women identified on the negative as "Lowell girls" 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 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_B21_F1696
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Photographers--Ohio; Portrait photography--United States--History
Places: Lowell (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: On a shared glass plate negative, this photograph apparently shows a man first pictured with two of his daughters, then all of his children in the next exposure. It 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_b02_f160
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Families; Children
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This picture depicts an accident scene at Youngstown Sheet & Tube's Brier Hill works. Included are pipes and hoses attached and unattached from railroad tanker cars. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F01_001
Subjects: Steel industry--1930-1940; Steel industry and trade--Accidents; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Brier Hill works; Steel Industry-- Youngstown (Ohio)
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912, this photograph shows three young women posing in front of a dark hanging backdrop, each with flowers pinned to her dress. The emulsion of the negative is severely damaged. 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 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_B16_F1014
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Women
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This portrait of an unidentified man in a three-piece suit was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely 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 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_B21_F1642
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Photographers--Ohio; Portrait photography--United States--History
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This photograph showing two exposures of a couple on a single negative plate 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. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_b03_f211
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Families;
Places: Ohio; West Virginia