Description: Lois Ruth Campbell as a baby, ca. 1890-1899. Campbell later became a nurse and was from Bellefontaine, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00077
Subjects: Bellefontaine (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women
Places: Bellefontaine (Ohio); Logan County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a Victorian-era portrait of Kathy Brown, an African American woman, in which she poses in front of a hanging backdrop decorated with a floral motif. Brown wears an elegant dress with flowers embroidered onto the cloth. She rests her right hand on an elaborately carved arm chair. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS2990
Subjects: Portrait photography; African American women; Clothing and dress; Decorative arts, Victorian
 

Description: Affadilla Deaver (b. 1808?) worked with the Underground Railroad in Deavertown, Morgan County, Ohio. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03166
Subjects: Women abolitionists - Ohio; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Deavertown (Ohio); Morgan County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912, this photograph shows a woman posing in front of a hanging backdrop. 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_b17_f1216
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Women
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Jane Gift (b. 1823?) helped with the Underground Railroad in Deavertown, Morgan County, Ohio. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03167
Subjects: Women abolitionists - Ohio; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Deavertown (Ohio); Morgan County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dianne Ard, Miss Wheelchair South Carolina, poses with her escort View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS934_B03_F09_001
Subjects: Pageants--Ohio; Pageants--United States; Women with disabilities--Attitudes
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Program head shot of Barbara Crozier, Miss Wheelchair Alabama and MWA 1983 View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS934_B03_F10_001
Subjects: Pageants--Ohio; Pageants--United States; Women with disabilities--Attitudes
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Program head shot of Mary Verdi, Miss Wheelchair Ohio 1983 View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS934_B03_F10_002
Subjects: Pageants--Ohio; Pageants--United States; Women with disabilities--Attitudes
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of an unidentified African American woman. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F01_J
Subjects: African American women
 

Description: This is a photograph of a man and a woman standing outdoors in a barnyard. A marking on the negative reads: "Mr. Davis Big Springs WVA." 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: AL06690
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States—History; Couples; Other--Family History; Men; Women; Photography--History; Clothing & dress
Places: Big Springs (West Virginia)
 

Description: Jacquelyn Mayer, Miss America 1963, wearing a Cial Chapman green and gold gown, September 1963. Mayer was from Sandusky, Ohio, and won the titles Miss Vacationland and Miss Ohio to qualify for the Miss America pageant. She won the Miss America pageant in 1962 and served as Miss America 1963. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03489
Subjects: Pageants; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Miss America Pageant
 

Description: Photograph of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker and Eva Walker with Bishop Reverdy Cassius and Emma Ransom at an unidentified formal gathering. Walker was the 66th Bishop of the the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the 10th President of Wilberforce University. Ransom was the 28th Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. A graduate of Wilberforce University, he also served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Wilberforce University and was a delegate to the World Methodist Conference in Massachusetts in 1947. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F01_K
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; Religion in Ohio; African American men; African American women