Description: Portrait of an unidentified woman seated in a rocking chair. 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_b01_f48
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History;
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Photograph of the City of Columbus Fire Department, Engine House No. 12, with crew and horse-drawn equipment posed in front, ca. 1900. Built in 1897, Engine House No. 12 was located on Oak Street just east of Parsons Avenue. It was one of the city's first fire departments, using both horses and steam engines as transport. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02977
Subjects: Fire stations; municipal buildings
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A portrait of a small child standing on a chair as she turns to face the camera. Also on the chair is a large hoop, possibly a toy. 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_b01_f87
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Children
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Reverse reads in script: "Bow of S.S.-S.T. Crapo posing downtown Toledo - Maumee River." Photograph shows bow of the S.T. Crapo in the Maumee River. The ship's hull is dark in color and has two rows of portholes, on below the ship's name, and one above it. In the background of the photograph is the Toledo skyline including multiple skyscrapers. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F12_029_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.; Maumee River Valley (Ind. and Ohio)--History, Local--Pictorial works.
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Coal unloader, Cincinnati. c/ Homer Jensen." Caption reads: "Code - 14; Class - Industry; Ident. - Deup. of F13; Location - Cincinnati; Credit - Courtesy of Homer Jensen; This Photo must be returned to Ohio Writers' Project, 78 E. Chestnut St., Columbus, Ohio." This photograph depicts a coal unloader, emptying train cars, at a dock in Cincinnati, Ohio. The unloader has the name "Island Creek Coal Co.." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F10_011_1
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio); Coal.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing a busload of children gathered for the Columbus Division of Recreation and Parks' Camp Day, June 25, 1951. The children are attending Indian Village Day Camp in Columbus, Ohio. The Columbus Recreation and Parks Commission was created in 1972 with the merger of the Franklin Park Commission and Recreation Commission, two separate commissions which were founded in the early twentieth century. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA6508AV_B01_F69_01
Subjects: Children; Camps;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carte de visite of General Gouverneur K. Warren, who served with the Union Army during the Civil War. Warren, a native of Cold Spring, New York, is also known as the "Hero of Little Round Top." At Gettysburg, he realized the importance of the hill, and on his own initiative ordered Vincent's brigade, including the famous 20th Maine, to occupy it. The troops reached the summit of the hill minutes before the Confederates swept over it, and prevented the Union's left from being turned. Warren also fought at Fredericksburg, the Wilderness, Petersburg, and Appomattox Court House. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f33_38
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military officers--Union; Portrait photography
Places: Ohio; Cold Spring (New York)
 

Description: Four boys fishing from a boat, Lake Hope, Vinton County, Ohio ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00304
Subjects: Children; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Parks
Places: Vinton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows Ohio Governor Michael V. DiSalle at his desk, circa 1959-1963. DiSalle (1908-1981) was born in New York City and moved to Toledo with his family when he was three years old. After attending Georgetown University, DiSalle began practicing law in Toledo in 1931. He was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1936 and served as Mayor of Toledo from 1948 to 1952. After an unsuccessful run for the Governship in 1956, DiSalle won the 1958 election against incumbent Governor C. William O'Neill. The photograph is 5" x 4" (12.7 x 10.16 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3297_4563725_001
Subjects: Ohio Government; Governors; DiSalle, Michael V. (Michael Vincent), 1908-1981
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio); Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Harman Blennerhasset's mansion on the Ohio River, ca. 1820-1829. In 1798, Irish native Harman Blennerhassett (1764-1862) settled and built a mansion on an island in the middle of the Ohio River. In 1805 he conspired with Aaron Burr to rebel against the United States. Using Blennerhassett's home as a staging ground, they plotted to form a new country with the western United States. When the government learned about this plan, the Ohio and Virginia militias were sent to stop boat traffic on the Ohio and Muskingum Rivers and seize the Blennerhassett home. Today, the restored mansion on Blennerhassett Island is a tourist attraction which visitors approach from West Virginia's Parkersburg Point Park via a paddlewheel boat. The lithograph was all first published in 1848 in Samuel Prescott Hildreth's book "Pioneer History" (Pioneer History: Being an Account of the First Examinations of the Ohio Valley, and the Early Settlement of the Northwest Territory ; Chiefly from Original Manuscripts). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03933
Subjects: Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Blennerhassett, Harman, 1765-1831
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio); Blennerhassett Island (West Virginia);
 

Description: 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_b02_f147
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Children; Families
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This is a photograph of a photograph showing an East Cleveland electric streetcar on the Euclid Avenue route. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F10_16_01
Subjects: Street-cars; Street-railroads--Ohio; Cleveland (Ohio);
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)