Description: Taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912, this photograph titled 'The Old Plantation' and labeled 'Photo by Ewing Bros.' shows a man standing in front of a log cabin and holding a farming tool in his right 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_b12_f692
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Agriculture; Farming; Rural Life; Log cabins
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This photograph is part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio, and shows the Kirk family farmhouse and various farm buildings, owned by H.H. Kirk near Canfield, Ohio. On his 100 acres, Kirk had three acres of apple orchard and eight acres of wheat. He also grew rye, clover, oats, and Timothy-grass, and raised dairy cattle and 75 head of sheep. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F07_005_1
Subjects: Agriculture; Rural Life; Farmhouses; Barns
Places: Canfield (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio);
 

Description: This photograph is a part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio. This is the Maple Valley Farm family home, owned by George E. Scott near Mount Pleasant, Ohio. Scott was a prominent dairy farmer in Ohio and served as state chief dairy inspector, as well as on the Ohio Experiment Station board of control, the Ohio State Grange executive committee, and the State Grange legislative committee. Scott's farm spanned 125 acres where he raised 70 sheep and about 10 head of cattle. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F01_004_1
Subjects: Agriculture; Farmhouses; Rural life; Dairy industry
Places: Mount Pleasant (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is a part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio. This is a barn at the Maple Valley Farm, owned by George E. Scott near Mount Pleasant, Ohio. Scott was a prominent dairy farmer in Ohio and served as state chief dairy inspector, as well as on the Ohio Experiment Station board of control, the Ohio State Grange executive committee, and the State Grange legislative committee. Scott's farm spanned 125 acres where he raised 70 sheep and about 10 head of cattle. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F01_002_1
Subjects: Agriculture; Rural life; Dairy industry; Barns;
Places: Mount Pleasant (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is a part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio. This is a barn at the Maple Valley Farm, owned by George E. Scott near Mount Pleasant, Ohio. Scott was a prominent dairy farmer in Ohio and served as state chief dairy inspector, as well as on the Ohio Experiment Station board of control, the Ohio State Grange executive committee, and the State Grange legislative committee. Scott's farm spanned 125 acres where he raised 70 sheep and about 10 head of cattle. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F01_003_1
Subjects: Agriculture; Farmhouses; Rural life; Dairy industry; Barns;
Places: Mount Pleasant (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is a part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio. Pictured here is the farm of Charles McIntire, located 1/4 mile north of Chandlersville, Ohio, in Muskingum County. McIntire farmed over 100 acres as well as rented acreage and operated an apple orchard of about an acre. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F32_003_1
Subjects: Agriculture; Barns; Rural life; Photography--Ohio
Places: Chandlersville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio. This photograph shows the Kirk farm, owned by H.H. Kirk near Canfield, Ohio. Spanning 100 acres, Kirk had three acres of apple orchard and eight acres of wheat. Kirk also grew rye, clover, oats, and Timothy-grass. In addition, Kirk raised dairy cattle and 75 head of sheep. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F07_001_1
Subjects: Agriculture; Rural Life; Crops
Places: Mahoning County (Ohio); Canfield (Ohio);
 

Description: This photograph is part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio. This photograph shows an outbuilding on the 170-acre farm of Lowell Roudebush near New Richmond, Ohio, where he had one acre of tobacco. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F28_005_1
Subjects: Agriculture; Barns; Rural Life
Places: New Richmond (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio);
 

Description: This photograph is part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio, and shows outbuildings on the farm of Joseph Wing near Mechanicsburg, Ohio. Wing was an internationally-known farmer who traveled domestically and internationally to teach farming practices. He was known by some as the "alfalfa king" because he brought the crop east of the Mississippi River for the first time, and was highly regarded for his sheep farming methods. The representative from the Ohio Department of Agriculture estimated that Wing had twelve to fifteen acres of alfalfa. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F23_004_1
Subjects: Agriculture; Rural Life; Barns
Places: Mechanicsburg (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is a part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio. Pictured here is the farmhouse , barn and windmill on the farm of J. S. Baldwin, located 2 miles northeast of Talmadge, Ohio, in Summit County. Baldwin lived with his step-brother, Nelson Fenn, who owned 137 acres of land. The land was primarily used for dairy production, and had a herd of 13 cows. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F34_001_1
Subjects: Agriculture; Farmhouses; Rural life; Dairy industry
Places: Tallmadge (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio. This photograph shows two men with horses on the Buchanan farm owned by J.L. Buchanan near Sherrodsville, Ohio. Buchanan's farm spanned 200 acres where he raised a herd of Jersey dairy cattle and horses. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F11_004_1
Subjects: Agriculture; Rural Life; Horses; Livestock
Places: Sherrodsville (Ohio); Carroll County (Ohio);
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1965, this photograph shows inmates at the Ohio Reformatory for Women working in the fields at the institution's farm. In 1911, the Ohio General Assembly authorized the establishment of a separate women’s penal institution. On September 1, 1916, the Ohio Reformatory for Women opened in Marysville, Ohio, with a population of 34 inmates. When Marguerite Reilley was appointed superintendent of the Reformatory in 1935, she found dirty and unkempt inmates with excessively restricted living habits. She instituted the “human being” program which provided recreation, entertainment, jobs, and vocational training for the inmates. State Archived Series 1679 AV consists of 234 photographs which illustrate daily life in the Ohio Reformatory for Women, as well as photographs of the buildings and grounds, superintendents Marguerite Reilley and Martha Wheeler, and notorious inmate Velma West. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1679AV_B01_F07_004
Subjects: Photography--Ohio; Ohio Reformatory for Women; Prisons; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Agriculture
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio)