Description: A portrait of John P. and Georgianna Hopley seated in rocking chairs on their front porch with a dog, Bucyrus, Ohio, ca. 1890-1899. John Hopley (1821-1904) is reading a newspaper while Georgianna (1826-1904) looks toward the camera. At the time this photograph was taken, John and Georgianna would have been in their late sixties or seventies. A pug dog sits on a rug between them. The porch floor is carpeted. The upper half of the front door is ornate leaded glass. Born and educated in England, John Hopley emigrated to the United States in 1842 and settled in Ohio, where he remained for most of his adult life. He was a teacher, lawyer, newspaper owner, and postmaster. John and Georgianna had ten children, nine of whom survived to adulthood. Various members of the Hopley family were active in business, journalism, politics, the temperance movement, and woman suffrage. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06071
Subjects: Bucyrus (Ohio); Journalists; Newspaper publishing; Crawford County (Ohio); Family History
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)
 

Description: Maple Corner, the home of the John P. Hopley family in Bucyrus, Ohio, is pictured in a state of disrepair. Born in England, John P. Hopley (1821-1904) was educated in the Royal Navy Academy at Camberwell Surrey. After his graduation he remained at the academy as a teacher. He emigrated to the United States with his uncle and settled in Zanesville, Ohio. In 1845 he moved to Logan, Ohio, where he married Georgianna Rochester (1826-1904) in 1848. Hopley was a teacher, lawyer, postmaster, and owner of two Bucyrus newspapers. He was active in the Republican Party. Members of the Hopley family were active in such pursuits as business, politics, journalism, the temperance movement, and woman suffrage. John and Georgianna Hopley had ten children, nine of whom survived to adulthood: Charles Rochester, John Edward, Thomas Prat, Mary Catherine, Georgianna Eliza, Harriet Evelyn, James Richard, Frank Lewes, and Joseph William. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06079
Subjects: Bucyrus (Ohio); Dwellings--Ohio; Family History
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph of the dining room of the John P. Hopley family home, known as Maple Corner, in Bucyrus, Ohio, was taken on September 8, 1899. Hanging in the window is a flag and a photograph of "Ma's Baby Joe," Joseph William Hopley. He was the youngest son of John P. and Georgianna Hopley. During the Spanish-American War he accompanied the 8th Ohio to Cuba as a correspondent. The border around the photograph bears a number of handwritten inscriptions. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06081
Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898; Family history; Bucyrus (Ohio); Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the dining room of the John P. Hopley family home, known as Maple Corner, in Bucyrus, Ohio, 1899. The room has a wallpapered ceiling and walls, a sideboard with mirror, and a dining table with place settings. Floral arrangements decorate the room. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06082
Subjects: Houses; Family history; Bucyrus (Ohio); Family life
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows two images of a young woman posing with signs for the Bucyrus Evening Telegraph, a newspaper published in Bucyrus, Ohio. The paper was founded by John P. Hopley in 1887. The young woman is wearing a long dress and a newsboy's cap. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06084
Subjects: Newspaper publishing; Family history; Journalism; Bucyrus (Ohio); Printing industry and trade--Ohio; Newspapers
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a view of the northeast corner of East Mansfield and Walnut Streets in Bucyrus, Ohio, ca. 1907-1915. The image includes a number of dwellings; a structure that possibly is a church or a town hall; two people standing near the street; and a sandwich board promoting a vaudeville performance of "A Soap Bubble," marketed as a "the comedy success." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06086
Subjects: Bucyrus (Ohio); Streets--Ohio; Sandwich boards; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Cities and towns--Ohio
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)
 

Description: A group of men are working on the roof of the Monarch Billiard Hall, located at the corner of Galen St. and N. Sandusky in Bucyrus, Ohio. Several young boys pose with them on the roof. Another group of men and a boy are at street level, standing near railroad tracks and a track barrier. The sidewalks by the billiard hall are littered with what appears to be wooden debris and lumber. A wagon is visible in the far right of the scene. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06087
Subjects: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio); Streets Ohio; Billiards; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows exterior view of the Emerich One Price Clothier store in Bucyrus, Ohio. The store's signage advertises boys' clothing, men's clothing, hats, and underwear, among other products. The business was included in the Bucyrus City Directory from 1892 until 1900. The address was listed as 229 W. Mansfield. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06089
Subjects: Stores, Retail; Bucyrus (Ohio); Streets--Ohio; Crawford County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows storefronts on the "Opera Block" of Bucyrus, Ohio. The shops include the Chas. A. Wheeler Meat Market, Opera House Grocery Store, and Park Brother Drugs. Signage near the building's roof reads "Vollrath Building." A sign painted on the far right window on the third floor reads "Foresters Hall." The scene also includes a utility pole, horse-drawn buggies, and a man leaning against what appears to be a flagpole. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06092
Subjects: Stores, Retail; Bucyrus (Ohio); Streets--Ohio; Crawford County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)
 

Description: Employees of J.G. Ott & Sons Stoves and Tinware gathered on the sidewalk in front of the store with samples of their wares, Bucyrus, Ohio. Two figures are visible in the second-floor windows. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06094
Subjects: Stores, Retail; Bucyrus (Ohio); Streets--Ohio; Crawford County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)
 

Description: Exterior view of store fronts in the Stoll Block, Bucyrus, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06100
Subjects: Bucyrus (Ohio); Streets--Ohio; Crawford County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)
 

Description: Convoy of trucks gathered near the grand stand in Bucyrus, Ohio, ca. 1917-1919. They were possibly transporting troops and military supplies during World War I. The sign on the side of one of the trucks reads: "Ages of Enlistment 18-35 No man Is Too Old To Learn". View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07267
Subjects: Trucks; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Transportation--Ohio
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)