Description: Lois K. Ide’s (1920-2010) Thimble Anthology is one of her masterpieces and one of her earliest creations. Completed in 1982, it has won various awards, appeared in several publications and been displayed at various art museums and cultural institutions. Working with all white cotton fabrics and threads, she used the designs of 18 antique thimbles for her appliqué, embroidery, and quilting. Twelve thimble design squares have stuffed hexagon shapes across the top representing the dimples of the thimbles while the bottom bands of the thimbles are worked in dimensional appliqué including birds, cupids, grapes, diamonds, flowers, castles, butterflies and hearts. A Stitch in Time Saves Nine is worked in fine chain stitch embroidery in one middle block. The quilt measures 195cm x 231cm (77inches x 91 inches). Lois was a native Ohioan and resident of Bucyrus, who began sewing at the early age of four. She learned appliqué and patchwork from her mother and embroidery from her aunt. After years of mastering her craft, she became a master quilter and an internationally known teacher with students worldwide. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3698_6643405_029
Subjects: Ohio Women; Quilts;
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)
 

Description: Five Liberian men standing in front of a line of Liberian civilians and three grass-roof buildings. Two men appear to be holding instruments. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P3_B02F07_D
Subjects: People; Men; Women; Children
Places: Liberia (Africa)
 

Description: Taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912, this photograph shows a seated woman wearing a dark dress and hat with a brooch and pin. 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_b15_f954
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Women
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: A large group of Liberian civilians standing outside in front of several grass-roof buildings. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P3_B02F07_E
Subjects: People; Men; Women; Children
Places: Liberia (Africa)
 

Description: Taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912, this photograph shows an elderly woman sitting in a rocking chair in front of a dark background. 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_b15_f955
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Women
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Lois K. Ide (1920-2010) completed this quilt in 1988 and named it, World Peace. Perhaps her best-known piece; UNICEF used it for a greeting card in 1993. The pieced background of the quilt is based on a traditional Around the World pattern. The words Peace, World Peace, Peace on Earth, May Peace Prevail on Earth, and There will be World Peace are embroidered in 38 different languages. The globe she used is a homolographic one in which the size of the countries are kept in correct size proportionate to each other. The all-cotton quilt measures 165cm x 168cm (65 inches x 66 inches). Lois was a native Ohioan and resident of Bucyrus, who began sewing at the early age of four. She learned appliqué and patchwork from her mother and embroidery from her aunt. After years of mastering her craft, she became a master quilter and an internationally known teacher with students worldwide. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3698_6643376_012
Subjects: Ohio Women; Quilts;
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)