Description: Top view of light gray quadrafoils and rib brocade silk straight slippers tied with a 2-cm light gray ribbon. The shoes have a small 4-cm gray ribbon rosette on the toes and the lining is muslin and buckram on the insoles. Worn by Eliza Dana Fearing to accompany her infare dress following her marriage to Henry Fearing in 1824. An infare is a house-warming, reception or party given by a newly married couple, or by the husband upon receiving the wife to his house. From Marietta, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04983
Subjects: Women's shoes; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Wedding costume
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Yvonne Walker-Taylor and Frank Roberts sitting with a group of unidentified people at a social function. Walker-Taylor was the daughter of Reverend Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker, president of Wilberforce University in the 1940s. Walker-Taylor later went on to follow in his footsteps, and became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named the 16th president of Wilberforce University in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F05
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Howard University; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American women
 

Description: Portrait of a seated older woman wearing a black dress with hands clasped in her lap. Written on the negative is the name Reverend Whit Stump, likely her husband. Reverend Stump served as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Grantsville, West Virginia, from 1910-1919. 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 (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_F2241
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Women; Clothing and dress
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Photograph of Frank Roberts, husband of Yvonne Walker-Taylor, standing in front of his house with his dog. Walker-Taylor was the daughter of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker, the 66th Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and president of Wilberforce University in the 1940s. Walker-Taylor later went on to follow in his footsteps, and became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named president of Wilberforce in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F06_A
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Howard University; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; Pets; Animals; African American women
 

Description: This is a back view of the wedding dress and poke bonnet worn by Sarah Pearson in 1823 in Miami County, Ohio. Made of muslin and linen, the dress features an empire waist with a drawstring that ties in the back and a reinforced yoke lined with linen, with long and full sleeves. Sarah married her second cousin, Moses Pearson, and they had eight children, Rhoda, Mahalah, Timothy, Anna, Joshua, Abram, Nathan and Serepta. Sarah Pearson was a Quaker and member of the Mill Creek Friends Meeting House in Miami County. In 1837, Moses and Sarah were sent by the Indiana Yearly Missionaries to the Shawnee Indians who had recently been removed from Ohio to the present-day Kansas City, Missouri. Sarah died on February 7, 1844, and was buried in Union Joint Cemetery in Ludlow Falls, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04992
Subjects: Weddings; Wedding costume; Clothing and dress; Hats; Women--Ohio
Places: Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Eva Walker standing in front of the Payne Theological Seminary, later also known as the Holy Trinity African Methodist Episcopal church. Eva Walkerwas the wife of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker, 10th president of Wilberforce University and 66th Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. They were the parents of Yvonne Walker-Taylor who became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named president of Wilberforce in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F06_C_1
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Howard University; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American women; Religion in Ohio
 

Description: This is a back view of the wedding dress and poke bonnet worn by Sarah Pearson in 1823 in Miami County, Ohio. Made of muslin and linen, the dress features an empire waist with a drawstring that ties in the back and a reinforced yoke lined with linen, with long and full sleeves. Sarah married her second cousin, Moses Pearson, and they had eight children, Rhoda, Mahalah, Timothy, Anna, Joshua, Abram, Nathan and Serepta. Sarah Pearson was a Quaker and member of the Mill Creek Friends Meeting House in Miami County. In 1837, Moses and Sarah were sent by the Indiana Yearly Missionaries to the Shawnee Indians who had recently been removed from Ohio to the present-day Kansas City, Missouri. Sarah died on February 7, 1844, and was buried in Union Joint Cemetery in Ludlow Falls, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04993
Subjects: Weddings; Wedding costume; Clothing and dress; Hats; Women--Ohio
Places: Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Eva Walker, the wife of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker, 10th president of Wilberforce University and 66th Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Eva and Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker were the parents of Yvonne Walker-Taylor who became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named president of Wilberforce in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F06_C_2
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Howard University; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American women
 

Description: This is a right profile view of the wedding dress and poke bonnet worn by Sarah Pearson in 1823 in Miami County, Ohio. Made of muslin and linen, the dress features an empire waist with a drawstring that ties in the back and a reinforced yoke lined with linen, with long and full sleeves. Sarah married her second cousin, Moses Pearson, and they had eight children, Rhoda, Mahalah, Timothy, Anna, Joshua, Abram, Nathan and Serepta. Sarah Pearson was a Quaker and member of the Mill Creek Friends Meeting House in Miami County. In 1837, Moses and Sarah were sent by the Indiana Yearly Missionaries to the Shawnee Indians who had recently been removed from Ohio to the present-day Kansas City, Missouri. Sarah died on February 7, 1844, and was buried in Union Joint Cemetery in Ludlow Falls, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04994
Subjects: Weddings; Wedding costume; Clothing and dress; Hats; Women--Ohio
Places: Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Eva Walker on the campus at Wilberforce University. She was the wife of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker, 10th president of Wilberforce University and 66th Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Eva and Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker were the parents of Yvonne Walker-Taylor who became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named president of Wilberforce in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F06_C_3
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Howard University; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American women
 

Description: Taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912, this photograph shows a young woman posing among trees and other plants. She wears a white dress with a plaid patterned sash around her waist in addition to a necklace, bracelet, and ring, and holds a flower in her left hand. 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_F784
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Women; Clothing and dress
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This is a right profile view of the wedding dress and poke bonnet worn by Sarah Pearson in 1823 in Miami County, Ohio. Made of muslin and linen, the dress features an empire waist with a drawstring that ties in the back and a reinforced yoke lined with linen, with long and full sleeves. Sarah married her second cousin, Moses Pearson, and they had eight children, Rhoda, Mahalah, Timothy, Anna, Joshua, Abram, Nathan and Serepta. Sarah Pearson was a Quaker and member of the Mill Creek Friends Meeting House in Miami County. In 1837, Moses and Sarah were sent by the Indiana Yearly Missionaries to the Shawnee Indians who had recently been removed from Ohio to the present-day Kansas City, Missouri. Sarah died on February 7, 1844, and was buried in Union Joint Cemetery in Ludlow Falls, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04995
Subjects: Weddings; Wedding costume; Clothing and dress; Hats; Women--Ohio
Places: Miami County (Ohio)